HSK 3 · Verbs

提高 tígāo “to raise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 提高 means

  1. to raise
  2. heighten
  3. improve
  4. to increase

How to say 提高

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level

提高 in a sentence

  1. 为了提高我的汉语水平，我想去中国学习。

    Wèile tígāo wǒ de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng, wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó xuéxí.

    I’d like to study in China to improve my Chinese.

    Sentence #809039 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他利用这个机会提高英语水平。

    Tā lìyòng zhè ge jīhuì tígāo Yīngyǔ shuǐpíng.

    He made use of the opportunity to improve his English.

    Sentence #2032199 from Tatoeba

  3. 你不需要提高你的音量。

    Nǐ bù xūyào tígāo nǐ de yīnliàng.

    You don’t need to raise your voice.

    Sentence #10021144 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 提高 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

The character 高 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
高gāohigh
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冋desert · jiōng

Memory aidDrawn from a tall tower: high, tall.

How to write 提高

提 12 strokes · 高 10 strokes

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提高 (tígāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 提高 (tígāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 提高

Words with 提

提tí · to carry提醒tíxǐng · to remind提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt提议tíyì · to propose

Words with 高

高兴gāoxìng · happy高gāo · tall高中gāozhōng · senior high school高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway高级gāojí · high level高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty高超gāochāo · superb

More words: Common Verbs

上网shàngwǎng · to surf the web生气shēngqì · angry试shì · to try刷牙shuāyá · brush one’s teeth忘记wàngjì · forget洗澡xǐzǎo · bathe用yòng · to use遇到yùdào · to meet

FAQs

提高 (tígāo) means “to raise” or “heighten”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it tígāo: tí with a 2nd tone, then gāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 提高 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tigao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提高 from the suggestions. Typing tigao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提高 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.