高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn 高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 束之高阁 束之高閣 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority syn 高科技 gāo kē jì high tech / high technology 高新技术 高新技朮 gāo xīn jì shù high tech / high technology syn 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 高清 gāo qīng high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio) 高分 gāo fēn high marks / high score 高技术 高技術 gāo jì shù high technology / high tech syn 偏高 piān gāo to be on the high side / to be unusually high 高清晰度 gāo qīng xī dù high definition (instruments) / high resolution 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 公卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor 高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content 高级法院 高級法院 gāo jí fǎ yuàn High Court of Justice 朝 cháo imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards syn 昂 áng to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive syn 轩 軒 xuān pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old) syn 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 司法院 sī fǎ yuàn Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 法官 fǎ guān judge (in court) syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot syn 上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel 最高 zuì gāo tallest / highest / supreme (court etc) syn 快速 kuài sù fast / high-speed / rapid syn 高度 gāo dù height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn 出庭 chū tíng to appear in court 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 高速 gāo sù high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1su4 gong1lu4]) syn 后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.) 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn 开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session syn 发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular syn 高跟鞋 gāo gēn xié high-heeled shoes 庭审 庭審 tíng shěn court hearing 占有 佔有 zhàn yǒu to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc) syn 大钱 大錢 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination syn 快感 kuài gǎn pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high 敬意 jìng yì respect / esteem / high regard syn 高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student 高档 高檔 gāo dàng superior quality / high grade / top grade syn 飞车 飛車 fēi chē fast-moving vehicle / to drive or ride a vehicle at high speed 超速 chāo sù to exceed the speed limit / to speed / high-speed 天线 天線 tiān xiàn antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials 击掌 擊掌 jī zhǎng to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five syn 发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 高音 gāo yīn high pitch / soprano / treble 初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2]) syn 高空 gāo kōng high altitude syn 招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble) / to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb) syn 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 高温 高溫 gāo wēn high temperature 高涨 高漲 gāo zhǎng to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places syn 高利贷 高利貸 gāo lì dài high-interest loan / usury syn 高处 高處 gāo chù high place / elevation 顶峰 頂峰 dǐng fēng peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece syn 高高在上 gāo gāo zài shàng set up on high (idiom) / not in touch with reality / aloof and remote 胜诉 勝訴 shèng sù to win a court case 申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal 寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death syn 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 军事法庭 軍事法庭 jūn shì fǎ tíng court-martial / military tribunal 宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) syn 对质 對質 duì zhì to confront (in court etc) / confrontation syn 高价 高價 gāo jià high price 高官 gāo guān high official 高烧 高燒 gāo shāo fever / high temperature syn 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 最高法院 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn supreme court syn 热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) syn 俯瞰 fǔ kàn to look down at (from a high vantage point) syn 篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court 来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up syn 涨潮 漲潮 zhǎng cháo high tide / rising tide syn 高额 高額 gāo é high quota / large amount 