HSK 5 · Adjectives

高档 gāodàng “superior quality” in Chinese

Traditional 高檔

What 高档 means

  1. superior quality
  2. high grade
  3. top grade

How to say 高档

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale档dàng4th tone, falling

高档 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆和玛丽入住了一家高档酒店。

    Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì rùzhù le yì jiā gāodàng jiǔdiàn.

    Tom and Mary checked into an upmarket hotel.

    Sentence #8709512 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 高档 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 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.

The character 档 (dàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
档dàngshelves; pigeonholes
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 当appropriate · dāngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 当 (dāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàng.

How to write 高档

高 10 strokes · 档 10 strokes

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

Words related to 高档

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崇高chónggāo · lofty高超gāochāo · superb

Words with 档

搭档dādàng · partner档案dàng'àn · file档次dàngcì · grade

More words: Adjectives

繁荣fánróng · prosperous方fāng · square疯狂fēngkuáng · crazy干脆gāncuì · simply个别gèbié · individual根本gēnběn · (not) at all公平gōngpíng · fair乖guāi · (of a child) obedient

FAQs

高档 (gāodàng) means “superior quality” or “high grade”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gāodàng: gāo with a 1st tone, then dàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 高档 is written 高檔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaodang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高档 from the suggestions. Typing gaodang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高档 is an HSK 5 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.