| 高年级生 | gāo nián jí shēng | senior student |
| 高干 | gāo gàn | high cadre; top party member |
| 高徒 | gāo tú | brilliant student |
| 高德纳 | Gāo Dé nà | Donald Knuth (1938-) famous American computer scientist at Stanford University |
| 高性能 | gāo xìng néng | high performance |
| 高慢 | gāo màn | proud; overbearing |
| 高才 | gāo cái | great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability |
| 高才生 | gāo cái shēng | student of great ability; talented student |
| 高技术 | gāo jì shù | high technology; high tech |
| 高抬 | gāo tái | to speak highly of sb |
| 高抬贵手 | gāo tái guì shǒu | lit. please raise your hand (idiom); fig. to ask for higher pay; Please forgive the inadequacies of my humble service and pay me a little more. |
| 高招 | gāo zhāo | wise move; masterstroke; bright ideas |
| 高扬 | gāo yáng | held high; elevated; uplift; soaring |
| 高攀 | gāo pān | social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class |
| 高攀不上 | gāo pān bù shàng | can't climb socially; unable to claim higher class connections |
| 高效率 | gāo xiào lǜ | high efficiency |
| 高效能 | gāo xiào néng | highly efficient; effectivity |
| 高教 | gāo jiāo | higher education; same as 高等教育 |
| 高敞 | gāo chǎng | large and spacious |
| 高明区 | Gāo míng qū | Gaoming district of Foshan city 佛山市, Guangdong |
| 高旷 | gāo kuàng | high and wide |
| 高朋满座 | gāo péng mǎn zuò | surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company |
| 高朗 | gāo lǎng | loud and clear; bright and clear |
| 高本汉 | Gāo Běn hàn | Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist |
| 高材 | gāo cái | great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability |
| 高材生 | gāo cái shēng | student of great ability |
| 高村正彦 | Gāo cūn Zhēng yàn | KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007 |
| 高果糖玉米糖浆 | gāo guǒ táng yù mǐ táng jiāng | high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) |
| 高架 | gāo jià | overhead; elevated (walkway, highway etc) |
| 高架桥 | gāo jià qiáo | high trestle bridge; viaduct; fly-over |
| 高梁 | Gāo liáng | Takahashi (name); Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan; Highbridge (name); erroneous variant of 高粱, sorghum |
| 高梁川 | Gāo liáng chuān | Takahashigawa, river in Okayama prefecture 冈山县, Japan |
| 高梁市 | Gāo liáng shì | Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture 冈山县, Japan |
| 高楼大厦 | gāo lóu dà shà | tall buildings and large mansions; high-rise apartment building |
| 高树 | Gāo shù | Kaoshu township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 高树乡 | Gāo shù xiāng | Kaoshu township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 高桥留美子 | Gāo qiáo Liú měi zǐ | Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist |
| 高档服装 | gāo dàng fú zhuāng | haute couture; high fashion clothing |
| 高栏 | gāo lán | high hurdle |
| 高次 | gāo cì | higher degree (e.g. equation in math.) |
| 高歌猛进 | gāo gē měng jìn | to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress |
| 高深莫测 | gāo shēn mò cè | profound mystery |
| 高淳 | Gāo chún | Gaochun county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu |
| 高淳县 | Gāo chún xiàn | Gaochun county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu |
| 高清 | gāo qīng | high definition (photo, audio or television) |
| 高清数字电视 | gāo qīng shù zì diàn shì | high definition digital television |
| 高清晰度 | gāo qīng xī dù | high definition (instruments); high resolution |
| 高清电视 | gāo qīng diàn shì | high definition television HDTV |
| 高港 | Gāo gǎng | Gaogang district of Taizhou city 泰州市, Jiangsu |
| 高港区 | Gāo gǎng qū | Gaogang district of Taizhou city 泰州市, Jiangsu |
