高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高傲
gāo'ào
proud; arrogant
Characters in this word
傲 ào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 敖 to ramble, to play about
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他才华出众，却因态度高傲而难以与同事建立真正的合作关系。 Tā cáihuá chūzhòng, què yīn tàidu gāo'ào ér nányǐ yǔ tóngshì jiànlì zhēnzhèng de hézuò guānxì. He is highly talented, but his arrogant attitude makes it difficult for him to build genuine working relationships with colleagues.
- 她总是高傲地抬着头，看不起别人。 Tā zǒngshì gāo'ào de tái zhe tóu, kànbuqǐ biéren. She always holds her head up arrogantly and looks down on others.
- 这只高傲的猫从来不理陌生人。 Zhè zhī gāo'ào de māo cónglái bù lǐ mòshēngrén. This haughty cat never pays any attention to strangers.