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高昂

Mandarin · pinyin gāo áng

to hold (one's head) high
expensive
high (spirits etc)

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高: gāo · high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
昂: áng · rise, raise; proud, bold; upright

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1–2 · gao1 ang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gou1 ngong4

Cantonese word readings for 高昂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

expensive; exorbitant; costly
high-pitched
in high spirits; high-spirited; elated

verb

to hold one's head high

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