崇高
Old HSK 6
崇高 (chónggāo) · lofty
崇高 (chónggāo) means “lofty; noble; sublime”. It is written with 2 characters: 崇 (high) + 高 (high). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 崇高 is built
The characters
崇 chóng · high
What 崇 is made of
- 山shān — mountain
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 宗zōng — ancestry
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 小xiǎo — small
- 宀 — roof
高 gāo · high
What 高 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冋jiōng — desert
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A tall palace (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
教师是一个崇高的职业。Jiàoshī shì yī gè chónggāo de zhíyè.Teaching is a noble profession.
他们有崇高的理想。Tāmen yǒu chónggāo de lǐxiǎng.They have lofty ideals.
Questions about 崇高
What does 崇高 mean?
崇高 (chónggāo) means “lofty; noble; sublime”.
How do you pronounce 崇高?
崇高 is pronounced chónggāo.
Which HSK level is 崇高?
崇高 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 崇拜chóngbàito worship
- 崇敬chóngjìngto revere
- 高兴gāoxìnghappy
- 高级gāojíadvanced
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 高速gāosùhigh speed
- 高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway
- 跳高tiàogāohigh jump
- 高潮gāocháoclimax
Learn 崇高 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 29: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.