| 高昂 | gāo áng | with head held high; in high spirits; elation |
| 高压电 | gāo yā diàn | high voltage |
| 高岭土 | gāo lǐng tǔ | kaolin (clay); china clay |
| 高热 | gāo rè | a fever |
| 高下 | gāo xià | relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) |
| 高唱 | gāo chàng | to sing loudly; fig. to mouth slogans |
| 高楼 | gāo lóu | high building; multistory building; skyscraper; CL:座 |
| 高超 | gāo chāo | excellent; superlative |
| 高尔基 | Gāo ěr jī | Gorkii (name); Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist |
| 黄土高原 | huáng tǔ gāo yuán | loess plateau of northwest China |
| 至高无上 | zhì gāo wú shàng | supreme; paramount; unsurpassed |
| 高深 | gāo shēn | profound |
| 高州 | Gāo zhōu | Gaozhou county level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong |
| 高斯 | Gāo sī | Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician; Gauss, unit of magnetic induction |
| 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 |
| 高耸 | gāo sǒng | erect; towering; to stand tall |
| 云贵高原 | Yún Guì gāo yuán | Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan |
| 高平 | Gāo píng | Gaoping, city in 山西; Cao Bang, Vietnam |
| 高喊 | gāo hǎn | to shout loudly; to raise a cry; to yell |
| 高密 | gāo mì | high density; Gaomi county level city in Weifang 潍坊, Shandong |
| 高棉 | Gāo mián | Cambodia; Kampuchea; Khmer |
| 高档 | gāo dàng | superior quality; high grade; top grade |
| 高尔察克 | Gāo ěr chá kè | Aleksandr Kolchak |
| 高高兴兴 | gāo gāo xìng xìng | cheerful and optimistic; in a good mood; gaily |
| 高年 | gāo nián | old; aged |
| 高就 | gāo jiù | to move to a better job |
| 高矮 | gāo ǎi | height (i.e. whether short or tall) |
| 高等教育 | gāo děng jiào yù | higher education |
| 戴高乐 | Dài Gāo lè | Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and President of the Republic 1959-1969 |
| 高升 | gāo shēng | get a promotion |
| 高校 | gāo xiào | universities and colleges; abbr. for 高等学校 |
| 高压线 | gāo yā xiàn | high tension power line |
| 高强 | gāo qiáng | superior |
| 高翔 | Gāo Xiáng | Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter |
| 高龄 | gāo líng | elderly |
| 高亢 | gāo kàng | resounding (sound); reverberating |
| 高加索 | Gāo jiā suǒ | Caucasus; Caucasian (people) |
| 高歌 | gāo gē | to sing loudly; to lift one's voice in song |
| 高球 | gāo qiú | high ball; lob (in tennis); golf (abbr. of 高尔夫球) |
| 高射炮 | gāo shè pào | anti-aircraft gun |
| 高山族 | Gāo shān zú | Gaoshan or mountain tribes indigenous ethnic group of Taiwan |
| 高调 | gāo diào | high sounding speech; bombast |
| 高血压 | gāo xuè yā | high blood pressure; hypertension |
| 清高 | qīng gāo | noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits |
| 高纬度 | gāo wěi dù | high latitude (i.e. near the poles) |
| 戈兰高地 | Gē lán Gāo dì | Golan Heights |
| 高要 | Gāo yào | Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇庆, Guangdong |
| 高见 | gāo jiàn | wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific) |
| 高低杠 | gāo dī gàng | uneven bars (gymnastics) |
| 高傲 | gāo ào | arrogant; haughty; proud |
