他比我高一个头。

He is a head taller than me.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 比 Bǐ
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利时 Bǐlìshí
=2 比 bī euphemistic variant of 屄 bī
=2 比 bǐ
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. bì in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=2 比 pí
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=2 比 bì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=2 比 pǐ
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 高一 gāoyī
  1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America
  2. (Singapore) first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
  3. first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
  4. first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America
=5 个头 gètóu
  1. size
  2. height
=5 个头 getóu (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 专家个头 zhuānjiāgetóu "expert", my ass!)