HSK 6 · Adjectives

崇高 chónggāo “lofty” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 崇高 means

  1. lofty
  2. noble
  3. sublime
  4. majestic

How to say 崇高

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale崇chóng2nd 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

崇高 in a sentence

  1. 当老师是一份崇高的职业。

    Dāng lǎoshī shì yí fèn chónggāo de zhíyè.

    Teaching is a noble profession.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他有崇高的理想。

    Tā yǒu chónggāo de lǐxiǎng.

    He has lofty ideals.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 崇高 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 崇 (chóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
崇chónghigh
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 宗ancestry · zōngSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 宗 (zōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóng.

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 崇高

崇 11 strokes · 高 10 strokes

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

Words related to 崇高

Words with 崇

崇拜chóngbài · to worship崇敬chóngjìng · to revere

Words with 高

高兴gāoxìng · happy高gāo · tall高中gāozhōng · senior high school提高tígāo · to raise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高超gāochāo · superb

More words: Adjectives

迟钝chídùn · slow-witted迟缓chíhuǎn · slow持久chíjiǔ · lasting吃力chīlì · strenuous充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich充足chōngzú · sufficient丑恶chǒu'è · ugly

FAQs

崇高 (chónggāo) means “lofty” or “noble”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chónggāo: chóng 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. 崇高 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chonggao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 崇高 from the suggestions. Typing chonggao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
崇高 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.