高橋

Chinese

		high; tall	bridge
trad. (高橋)		高	橋
simp. (高桥)		高	桥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāoqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ kiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaociáo
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-chʻiao²
    • Yale: Gāu-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauchyau
    • Palladius: Гаоцяо (Gaocjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ kiu⁴
    • Yale: gōu kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

高橋

1. (～鎮) Gaoqiao (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
2. (～鄉) Gaoqiao (a township in Xingshan, Yichang, Hubei, China)
3. (～村) Gaoqiao (a village in Wangshi, Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
4. (～村) Gaoqiao (a village in Chengbei, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)橋(はし) (Takahashi).

Proper noun

高橋

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 高橋, Takahashi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	橋
たか Grade: 2	はし Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

高(たか)橋(はし) • (Takahashi) 

1. a surname: the 3rd most common surname in Japan.

Coordinate terms

• 佐(さ)藤(とう) (Satō), 鈴(すず)木(き) (Suzuki), 高(たか)橋(はし) (Takahashi), 渡(わた)辺(なべ) (Watanabe), 田(た)中(なか) (Tanaka)