水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 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 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony syn 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 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 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 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 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 高清 gāo qīng high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio) 高分 gāo fēn high marks / high score 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 高技术 高技術 gāo jì shù high technology / high tech syn 要花 yào huā cost; 偏高 piān gāo to be on the high side / to be unusually high 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 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 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting syn 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses 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 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 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 快速 kuài sù fast / high-speed / rapid syn 高度 gāo dù height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 高速 gāo sù high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1su4 gong1lu4]) 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 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 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 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 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) 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 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 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 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 