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

Wiktionary

Examples

我比你高一点。

I'm a little taller than you.

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他比我高一个头。

He is a head taller than me.

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但願我長高一點。

I wish I were a little taller.

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他比你高一點點。

He's a little taller than you are.

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該建築高一百公尺。

The building is one hundred meters high.

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他的軍階比我高一級。

He is immediately above me in rank.

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湯姆起碼比我高一個頭。

Tom is at least one head taller than I am.

Tom is at least a head taller than me.

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一般来说，男生会比女生高一些。

Boys, as a rule, are taller than girls.

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她穿著高跟鞋，這樣顯得更高一些。

She wears high heels to make herself look taller.

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俗話說：邪不壓正；可俗話又說：道高一尺，魔高一丈！

As the saying goes: "good always triumphs over evil". But there's another saying that: "the fight against evil is a constant struggle".

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Entry Composition

=1 高 Gāo surname Gao
=1 高 gāo
  1. high
  2. tall
  3. above average
  4. loud
  5. your (honorific)
2 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Containing this entry

棋高一著 qígāoyīzhāo
  1. to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
  2. to outsmart one's opponent
道高一尺，魔高一丈 dàogāoyīchǐ,mógāoyīzhàng (saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
一腳高一腳低 yījiǎogāoyījiǎodī
技高一籌 jìgāoyīchóu