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

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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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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