HSK 6 · Ideas

高峰 gāofēng “peak” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 高峰 means

  1. peak
  2. summit
  3. rush hour
  4. height

How to say 高峰

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale峰fēng1st tone, high and level

高峰 in a sentence

  1. 当时正是早高峰，来来往往的行人和车辆很多。

    Dāngshí zhèngshì zǎo gāofēng, láiláiwǎngwǎng de xíngrén hé chēliàng hěn duō.

    It was the morning rush hour, and lots of pedestrians and cars were coming and going.

    Sentence #3188388 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 交通高峰期该有更多公交车。

    Jiāotōng gāofēngqī gāi yǒu gèng duō gōngjiāochē.

    There should be more buses during rush hour.

    Sentence #5591011 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你认为日本第二高峰是哪座山？

    Nǐ rènwéi Rìběn dì'èr gāofēng shì nǎ zuò shān?

    Which mountain do you think is the second-highest in Japan?

    Sentence #1358057 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 高峰 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 峰 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
峰fēnghigh and tapered peak or summit
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 夆to resist · féngSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 夆 (féng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēng.

How to write 高峰

高 10 strokes · 峰 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 高峰

Words with 高

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FAQs

高峰 (gāofēng) means “peak” or “summit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gāofēng: gāo with a 1st tone, then fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 高峰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaofeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高峰 from the suggestions. Typing gaofeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高峰 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.