高昂

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Chinese

		high; tall	high; soaring; raise high; soaring; raise; lift; expensive; to raise one's head
simp. and trad. (高昂)		高	昂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāo'áng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ngong⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-gông / ko-gông

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ ngang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāo'áng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gao-áng
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-ang²
  - Yale: gāu-áng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauarng
  - Palladius: гаоан (gaoan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ ngong⁴
  - Yale: gōu ngòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ngong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ngong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ ŋɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-gông
  - Tâi-lô: koo-gông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'goong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ ɡɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-gông
  - Tâi-lô: ko-gông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'goong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao¹ ngang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau ngang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ ŋaŋ³³/

Adjective

高昂

Synonyms

(expensive):

Dialectal synonyms of 貴 (“expensive; costly”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貴, 昂貴, 高昂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	貴
	Taiwan	貴
	Malaysia	貴
	Singapore	貴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	貴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	貴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	貴
	Wuhan	貴
	Guilin	貴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	貴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	貴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貴
	Hong Kong	貴
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	貴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貴
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貴
	Yangjiang	貴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	貴
Gan	Nanchang	貴
Hakka	Meixian	貴
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貴
	Hong Kong	貴
Jin	Taiyuan	貴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	貴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貴
Southern Min	Xiamen	貴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	貴
	Manila (Hokkien)	貴
	Chaozhou	貴
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	貴
Wu	Suzhou	貴
Wu	Wenzhou	貴
Xiang	Changsha	貴
Xiang	Shuangfeng	貴

(high-pitched):

亮
亮堂 (liàngtáng)
嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
宏亮 (hóngliàng)
昂揚 / 昂扬 (ángyáng)
朗朗 (lǎnglǎng)
洪亮 (hóngliàng)
清亮
琅琅 (lángláng)
脆 (cuì)
豁亮 (huòliàng)
響 / 响 (xiǎng)
響亮 / 响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
高亢 (gāokàng)

(in high spirits): 昂揚／昂扬 (ángyáng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “expensive”): 便宜 (piányi)

Verb

高昂

to hold one's head high

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