饼干 餅乾 bǐng gān biscuit / cracker / cookie / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 能源 néng yuán energy sources / energy 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn 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 高能 gāo néng high energy 高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn 节能 節能 jié néng to conserve energy / to minimize energy consumption 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 精神抖擞 精神抖擻 jīng shén dǒu sǒu spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio syn 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 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 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 高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content 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 饽 餑 bō cake / biscuit 能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn 能量 néng liàng energy / capabilities syn 精力 jīng lì energy syn 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng solar energy 核能 hé néng nuclear energy syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 红牛 紅牛 hóng niú Red Bull (energy drink) 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 原子能 yuán zǐ néng atomic energy 气力 氣力 qì lì strength / energy / vigor / talent syn 电能 電能 diàn néng electrical energy 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy syn 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 朝气蓬勃 朝氣蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark syn 下工夫 xià gōng fu to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts syn 动能 動能 dòng néng kinetic energy 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 势能 勢能 shì néng potential energy syn 经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic syn 能耗 néng hào energy consumption 能级 能級 néng jí energy level 总能 總能 zǒng néng total energy 正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) 可再生能源 kě zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy 能效 néng xiào energy efficiency 能源网 néng yuán wǎng Network on Energy 枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain syn 耗能 hào néng to consume energy 内能 內能 nèi néng internal energy 能源安全 néng yuán ān quán energy security 能源消费 能源消費 néng yuán xiāo fèi energy consumption 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 能源需求 néng yuán xū qiú energy requirements 储能 儲能 chǔ néng energy storage 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 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 