提高
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
提高 (tígāo) · to raise
提高 (tígāo) means “to raise; to improve”. It is written with 2 characters: 提 (to carry) + 高 (high). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 提高 is built
The characters
提 tí · to carry
What 提 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 是shì — to be
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 疋pǐ — foot shape
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 是 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
我想提高我的汉语。Wǒ xiǎng tígāo wǒ de Hànyǔ.I want to improve my Chinese.
怎么提高成绩？Zěnme tígāo chéngjì?How can I improve my grades?
Questions about 提高
What does 提高 mean?
提高 (tígāo) means “to raise; to improve”.
How do you pronounce 提高?
提高 is pronounced tígāo.
Which HSK level is 提高?
提高 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 提出tíchūto put forward
- 提到tídàoto mention
- 提前tíqiánin advance
- 提问tíwènto ask a question
- 提供tígōngto provide
- 提醒tíxǐngto remind
- 提倡tíchàngto promote
- 提纲tígāngoutline
- 前提qiántíprecondition
- 提拔tíbáto promote (to a higher post)
Learn 提高 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 60: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.