高度

Mandarin · pinyin gāo dù

Meanings

  1. height
  2. altitude
  3. elevation
  4. high degree
  5. highly
  6. Classifier: 個 gè
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高
gāo · high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
度
dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
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1–4 · gao1 du4

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gou1 dou6

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noun

  1. height; altitude
  2. level; quality

adj

  1. (attributive) high
  2. (attributive) high-proof
  3. (attributive) high-octane

adv

  1. highly; to a great extent

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