HSK 6 · Adjectives

高明 gāomíng “brilliant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 高明 means

  1. brilliant
  2. wise
  3. clever
  4. superior

How to say 高明

  • 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明míng2nd tone, rising

高明 in a sentence

  1. 你这个办法真高明。

    Nǐ zhè ge bànfǎ zhēn gāomíng.

    That’s a really clever idea of yours.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你还是另请高明吧。

    Nǐ háishi lìng qǐng gāomíng ba.

    You’d better find someone more capable than me.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 高明 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 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 高明

高 10 strokes · 明 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 高明

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崇高chónggāo · lofty

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright

More words: Adjectives

分明fēnmíng · clear粉色fěnsè · pink腐朽fǔxiǔ · rotten高超gāochāo · superb高尚gāoshàng · noble根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted公道gōngdao · fair恭敬gōngjìng · respectful

FAQs

高明 (gāomíng) means “brilliant” or “wise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gāomíng: gāo with a 1st tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 高明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaoming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高明 from the suggestions. Typing gaoming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高明 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.