高亢

Chinese

		high; tall	overbearing
simp. and trad. (高亢)		高	亢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāokàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄎㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ kong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-khòng / ko-khòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāokàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄎㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaokàng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-kʻang⁴
    • Yale: gāu-kàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaukanq
    • Palladius: гаокан (gaokan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ kong³
    • Yale: gōu kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ kʰɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-khòng
    • Tâi-lô: koo-khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'qoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-khòng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'qoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ²¹/

Adjective

高亢

1. (of voice) loud and sonorous
2. (of position) high
3. (literary, of appearance) haughty

Synonyms

• (loud and sonorous):

• 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)
• 高昂 (gāo'áng)