高聳

See also: 高耸

Chinese

		high; tall	excite; raise up; to shrug excite; raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering
trad. (高聳)		高	聳
simp. (高耸)		高	耸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāosǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄙㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ sung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāosǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄙㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaosǒng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-sung³
    • Yale: gāu-sǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gausoong
    • Palladius: гаосун (gaosun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ sung²
    • Yale: gōu súng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ sung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ sung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ sʊŋ³⁵/

Verb

高聳

1. to stand tall and straight; to tower

Synonyms

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• 坦徛 (Hokkien)
• 坦直 (Hokkien)
• 屹立 (yìlì)
• 打竳 (Hakka)
• 挺直 (tǐngzhí)
• 挺立 (tǐnglì)
• 直立 (zhílì)
• 矗立 (chùlì)
• 筆立／笔立 (bǐlì)
• 聳峙／耸峙 (sǒngzhì)
• 聳立／耸立 (sǒnglì)
• 陡立 (dǒulì)

 

Derived terms

• 高聳入雲／高耸入云 (gāosǒngrùyún)

 

Related terms

• 挺拔 (tǐngbá)
• 突兀 (tūwù)
• 直立 (zhílì)