高昂

Chinese

		high; tall	high; soaring; raise high; soaring; raise; lift; expensive; to raise one's head
simp. and trad. (高昂)		高	昂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāo'áng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ngong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-gông / ko-gông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ ngang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāo'áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gao-áng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-ang²
    • Yale: gāu-áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauarng
    • Palladius: гаоан (gaoan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ngong⁴
    • Yale: gōu ngòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ngong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ngong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ ŋɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-gông
    • Tâi-lô: koo-gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'goong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ ɡɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-gông
    • Tâi-lô: ko-gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'goong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao¹ ngang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ ŋaŋ³³/

Adjective

高昂

1. expensive; exorbitant; costly
2. high-pitched
3. in high spirits; high-spirited; elated

Synonyms

• (expensive):

Dialectal synonyms of 貴 (“expensive; costly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貴, 昂貴, 高昂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	貴
	Taiwan	貴
	Malaysia	貴
	Singapore	貴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	貴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	貴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	貴
	Wuhan	貴
	Guilin	貴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	貴
	Hefei	貴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貴
	Hong Kong	貴
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	貴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貴
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貴
	Yangjiang	貴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	貴
Gan	Nanchang	貴
Hakka	Meixian	貴
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貴
	Hong Kong	貴
Jin	Taiyuan	貴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	貴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貴
Southern Min	Xiamen	貴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貴
	Manila (Hokkien)	貴
	Chaozhou	貴
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	貴
Wu	Suzhou	貴
	Wenzhou	貴
Xiang	Changsha	貴
	Shuangfeng	貴

• (high-pitched):

• 亮
• 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
• 嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
• 宏亮 (hóngliàng)
• 昂揚／昂扬 (ángyáng)
• 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng)
• 洪亮 (hóngliàng)
• 清亮
• 琅琅 (lángláng)
• 脆 (cuì)
• 豁亮 (huòliàng)
• 響／响 (xiǎng)
• 響亮／响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
• 高亢 (gāokàng)

 

• (in high spirits): 昂揚／昂扬 (ángyáng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “expensive”): 便宜 (piányi)

Verb

高昂

1. to hold one's head high