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高原gāo yuán
plateau
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
高原 | gāoyuán | |
1. n. plateau; tableland | ||
English > Chinese | ||
plateau | ||
1. 名词. 高原 | ||
2. 名词. 平稳时期 | ||
3. 名词. 停滞时期 | ||
Components | ||
高 | gāo | |
1. tall; high | ||
高原 - plateau | ||
這 座 山 特別 高。 - This mountain is especially tall. | ||
生得 高 嘅 女仔 - a tall girl | ||
唔好 擺 得 咁 高 啦。 - Don't put it so high. | ||
2. of high level; above average | ||
很 高 的 價格 - high price | ||
高 糖-量 - high sugar content | ||
很 高 的 標準 - very high standard | ||
高 年級 - higher/senior grades | ||
我 比 他 高 一 班。 - I am one year above him. | ||
3. high place | ||
居高臨下 - to occupy a high position and look down | ||
4. loud | ||
高歌 - to sing loudly | ||
5. (geometry) altitude | ||
求 梯形 的 高 - find the altitude of the trapezium | ||
6. (honorific) your | ||
7. (chemistry) per- | ||
高錳酸鉀 - potassium permanganate | ||
8. , Gao (surname) | ||
高 適 - Gao Shi (Tang dynasty poet) | ||
9. (Min) Alternative form of 懸 (-, t=tall; high) | ||
原 | yuán | |
1. meadow; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness | ||
2. source; origin; beginning | ||
3. Original form of 源 (fountainhead; source) | ||
4. basic; fundamental | ||
5. original; primary | ||
6. originally; at the beginning | ||
7. to originate; to arise | ||
8. to trace the source; to probe into | ||
9. (literary, or in compounds) to forgive; to pardon | ||
原諒 - to forgive | ||
原宥 - to forgive | ||
原goân情chêng - to forgive, MN | ||
Yuan | ||
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gāo yuán
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