高位

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Chinese

high; tall
position; location; (measure word for persons)
position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
 
simp. and trad.
(高位) 		高 位

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 高 位
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 脂 (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 古勞切 于愧切
Baxter kaw hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑu/ /ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑu/ /ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑu/ /ɣiuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaw/ /ɦjwiH/
Li
Rong 		/kɑu/ /ɣjuiH/
Wang
Li 		/kɑu/ /ɣwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kɑu/ /wiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gāo wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gou1 wai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 高 位
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gāo wèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kaw › ‹ hwijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.ˁaw/ /*ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English high, tall standing, position

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 高 位
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3726 7865
Phonetic
component 		高 立
Rime
group 		宵 內
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		髙 位
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːw/ /*ɢʷrɯbs/

Noun

高位

  1. high position; high status
    身居高位  ―  shēn jū gāowèi  ―  to be in high status
    高位厚祿／高位厚禄  ―  gāowèihòulù  ―  high position and handsome salary
  2. upper part; high level
    高位截癱／高位截瘫  ―  gāowèi jiétān  ―  high paraplegia
  3. (stock market) high level

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高位):
  • → Japanese: 高(こう)位(い) (kōi)
  • → Korean: 고위(高位) (gowi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高 位
こう
Grade: 2 		い
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

高(こう)位(い) • (kōi) ←かうゐ (kauwi)?

  1. high position; high status

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
高位

Noun

高位 • (gowi) (hangeul 고위)

  1. hanja form? of 고위 (“high rank”)
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