高傲

Chinese

		high; tall	proud; overbearing; insolent proud; overbearing; insolent; arrogant
trad. (高傲)		高	傲
simp. #(高傲)		高	傲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāo'ào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ngou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-ngō͘ / ko-gō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāo'ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gao-ào
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-ao⁴
    • Yale: gāu-àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauaw
    • Palladius: гаоао (gaoao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ngou⁶
    • Yale: gōu ngouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ngou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ngou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ ŋou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo-ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-gō
    • Tâi-lô: ko-gō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'goi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/

Adjective

高傲

1. arrogant; supercilious; haughty
2. proud; gratified

Synonyms

• (arrogant):

• 傲慢 (àomàn)
• 兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
• 囂俳／嚣俳 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 囂張／嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
• 沙塵／沙尘 (saa¹ can⁴) (Cantonese)
• 滿／满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 滿盈／满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
• 牙擦 (Cantonese)
• 牛氣／牛气 (niúqi) (regional)
• 狂 (kuáng)
• 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 空歁 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自大 (zìdà)
• 自恃 (zìshì)
• 自滿／自满 (zìmǎn)
• 自負／自负 (zìfù)
• 自高 (zìgāo)
• 起市 (hei² si^4*) (Taishanese)
• 起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
• 驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 高慢 (gāomàn)

 

• (proud):

• 自豪 (zìháo)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)