高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高调
gāodiào
high-profile; high-key; in a high-profile way
Characters in this word
调 diào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 周 Zhou dynasty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 企业在危机尚未查清前高调宣布胜利，反而激起了公众更强烈的质疑。 Qǐyè zài wēijī shàngwèi cháqīng qián gāodiào xuānbù shènglì, fǎn'ér jīqǐ le gōngzhòng gèng qiángliè de zhìyí. The company made a high-profile declaration of victory before the crisis had been investigated, which instead provoked stronger public doubt.
- 他喜欢高调地宣布自己的计划，让所有人都知道。 Tā xǐhuan gāodiào de xuānbù zìjǐ de jìhuà, ràng suǒyǒu rén dōu zhīdào. He likes to announce his plans loudly so that everyone knows.
- 这对夫妻结婚时没有高调庆祝，只请了几个亲近的朋友。 Zhè duì fūqī jiéhūn shí méiyǒu gāodiào qìngzhù, zhǐ qǐng le jǐ ge qīnjìn de péngyou. When the couple married they did not celebrate flamboyantly, and only invited a few close friends.