HSK 5 · Adjectives

高级 gāojí “high level” in Chinese

Traditional 高級

What 高级 means

  1. high level
  2. high grade
  3. advanced
  4. high-ranking

How to say 高级

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale级jí2nd tone, rising

高级 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆买了台很高级的相机。

    Tāngmǔ mǎi le tái hěn gāojí de xiàngjī.

    Tom bought a very high-end camera.

    Sentence #13008351 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 高级 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 级 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
级jílevel
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 及to extend · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 及 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

How to write 高级

高 10 strokes · 级 6 strokes

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

Words related to 高级

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高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty高超gāochāo · superb

Words with 级

年级niánjí · grade班级bānjí · class (of students)超级chāojí · super初级chūjí · elementary上级shàngjí · superior等级děngjí · grade级别jíbié · level

More words: Adjectives

单调dāndiào · monotonous淡dàn · light (in taste or colour)地道dìdao · authentic干燥gānzào · dry (weather好客hàokè · hospitable滑huá · slippery宽kuān · wide夸张kuāzhāng · to exaggerate

FAQs

高级 (gāojí) means “high level” or “high grade”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gāojí: gāo with a 1st tone, then jí with a 2nd 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, 高级 is written 高級. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaoji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高级 from the suggestions. Typing gaoji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高级 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.