高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高压
gāoyā
high pressure; coercive pressure; high voltage
Characters in this word
压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在高压环境下工作太久，人很容易把紧张误认为效率。 Zài gāoyā huánjìng xià gōngzuò tài jiǔ, rén hěn róngyì bǎ jǐnzhāng wùrèn wéi xiàolǜ. After working too long in a high-pressure environment, people can easily mistake tension for efficiency.
- 高压电线很危险，请不要靠近。 Gāoyā diànxiàn hěn wēixiǎn, qǐng búyào kàojìn. High-voltage wires are dangerous; please keep away.
- 这个高压锅煮肉特别快，半小时就熟了。 Zhège gāoyāguō zhǔ ròu tèbié kuài, bàn xiǎoshí jiù shú le. This pressure cooker cooks meat very fast: it is done in half an hour.