| 高 | gāo | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific); surname Gao |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:个 |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
| 高温 | gāo wēn | high temperature |
| 高级 | gāo jí | high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking |
| 高速 | gāo sù | high speed |
| 高低 | gāo dī | height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end |
| 高产 | gāo chǎn | high yielding |
| 高潮 | gāo cháo | high tide; high water; upsurge; climax; orgasm; chorus (part of a song) |
| 高频 | gāo pín | high frequency |
| 高压 | gāo yā | high pressure; high-handed |
| 高于 | gāo yú | greater than; to exceed |
| 高等 | gāo děng | higher; high level; advanced |
| 高涨 | gāo zhǎng | upsurge; (tensions etc) run high |
| 高粱 | gāo liáng | sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) |
| 高举 | gāo jǔ | to lift up; to hold high |
| 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain; alpine |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall; lofty |
| 高炉 | gāo lú | blast furnace |
| 高分子 | gāo fēn zǐ | macromolecule; polymer |
| 高峰 | gāo fēng | peak; summit; height |
| 高尚 | gāo shàng | noble; lofty; refined; exquisite |
| 高等学校 | gāo děng xué xiào | colleges and universities |
| 高空 | gāo kōng | high altitude |
| 高呼 | gāo hū | to shout loudly |
| 高聚物 | gāo jù wù | polymer |
| 高利 | gāo lì | high interest rate; usurious |
| 高程 | gāo chéng | altitude (e.g. above street level); elevation |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (Taiwan); abbr. for 高级中学 |
| 高声 | gāo shēng | aloud; loud; loudly |
| 高效 | gāo xiào | efficient; highly effective |
| 高明 | gāo míng | brilliant; superior; tall and bright; Gaoming district of Foshan city 佛山市, Guangdong |
| 高能 | gāo néng | high energy |
| 高贵 | gāo guì | grandeur; noble |
| 高价 | gāo jià | high price |
| 高地 | gāo dì | highland; upland |
| 高锰酸钾 | gāo měng suān jiǎ | potassium permanganate |
| 高丽 | Gāo lí | Korean Goryeo 고려 dynasty, 918-1392; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture |
| 高寒 | gāo hán | high and cold (mountain area) |
| 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 |
| 高深 | gāo shēn | profound |
| 高州 | Gāo zhōu | Gaozhou county level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong |
