Meaning of 高低
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
gāodī
- height; level; (music) pitch
- relative superiority
- propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1])
- no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc)
- at long last
高低 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
人生充满了高低起伏。
Life is full of ups and downs.
生活中有高低起伏。
In life there are ups and downs.
地面高低不平，给部队前进带来了困难。
The rugged terrain made the troops' advance difficult.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
高 gāo · high · 10 strokes
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低 dī · low · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 高低.
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad |
| 高中 | gāozhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]) |
| 提高 | tígāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高级 | gāojí | high level; high grade |
| 高速公路 | gāosù gōnglù | expressway; highway; freeway |
| 高速 | gāosù | high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4]) |
| 跳高 | tiàogāo | (athletics) high jump |
| 高潮 | gāocháo | high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity |
| 降低 | jiàngdī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 高尚 | gāoshàng | noble; lofty |
| 身高 | shēngāo | (a person's) height |
| 高价 | gāojià | high price |
Questions about 高低
What does 高低 mean?
高低 (gāodī) means "height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 高低?
高低 is made of 2 characters: 高 (10 strokes), 低 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 高低 an HSK word?
Yes. 高低 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.