提高

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	high; tall
simp. and trad. (提高)		提	高

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tígāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ gou¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-kô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thê-ko͘ / thê-ko

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ gao¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶di-kau₁ / ²di-kau₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tígāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tígao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-kao¹
    • Yale: tí-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyigau
    • Palladius: тигао (tigao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ gou¹
    • Yale: tàih gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ kou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti^ˇ go^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ ko²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: thê-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'kof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-ko
    • Tâi-lô: thê-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'koy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti⁵ gao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî kau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-kau₁
    • MiniDict: di^去 kau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-kau₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² kɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²di-kau₁
    • MiniDict: di^平 kau^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /di²² kæ³³/

Verb

提⫽高 (verb-complement)

1. to raise; to improve; to heighten; to enhance; to increase

   提高意識／提高意识  ―  tígāo yìshí  ―  to raise awareness

   提高質量／提高质量  ―  tígāo zhìliàng  ―  to improve quality

   提高收益  ―  tígāo shōuyì  ―  to increase profit

   提高的空間／提高的空间  ―  tígāo de kōngjiān  ―  room for improvement

   提高學生素質／提高学生素质  ―  tígāo xuéshēng sùzhì  ―  to improve the calibre of students

   提高居民生活水平 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   tígāo jūmín shēnghuóshuǐpíng [Pinyin]

   to improve residents' standard of living

   提高公務員的綜合素質 [MSC, trad.]
   提高公务员的综合素质 [MSC, simp.]

   tígāo gōngwùyuán de zōnghé sùzhì [Pinyin]

   to improve the overall quality of civil servants

Synonyms

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• 健全 (jiànquán)
• 出息 (colloquial)
• 前進／前进 (qiánjìn)
• 完善 (wánshàn)
• 提升 (tíshēng)
• 提懸／提悬 (Min Nan)
• 改善 (gǎishàn)
• 改良 (gǎiliáng)
• 改進／改进 (gǎijìn)
• 躍進／跃进 (yuèjìn)
• 進展／进展 (jìnzhǎn)
• 進步／进步 (jìnbù)

 

Antonyms

• 降低 (jiàngdī)

Adjective

提高

1. (attributive) advanced

Synonyms

• 實驗／实验 (shíyàn)

Derived terms

• 提高班 (tígāobān)

 

References

• “Entry #50100”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
提	高

Verb

提高

1. chữ Hán form of đề cao (“to heighten; to give prominence, to think highly of”).