高雅

Chinese

		high; tall	elegant
trad. (高雅)		高	雅
simp. #(高雅)		高	雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ngaa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-ngá
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-ngá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-ya³
    • Yale: gāu-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyea
    • Palladius: гаоя (gaoja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: gōu ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-ngá
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ nga`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ nga³
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ ŋa³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-ngá
    • Tâi-lô: ko-ngá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koingar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋã⁴¹/

Adjective

高雅

1. elegant; refined; tasteful

Synonyms

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)

 

Antonyms

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 高雅文化 (gāoyǎ wénhuà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	雅
こう Grade: 2	が Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーが [kóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡa̠]

Adjective

高(こう)雅(が) • (kōga) ^{←かうが (kauga)?}-na (adnominal 高(こう)雅(が)な (kōga na), adverbial 高(こう)雅(が)に (kōga ni))

1. refined; elegant; chaste

Korean

Hanja in this term
高	雅

Noun

高雅 • (goa) (hangeul 고아)

1. Hanja form^? of 고아.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	雅

Noun

高雅

1. chữ Hán form of cao nhã.