高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高额
gāo'é
high-value; large in amount
Characters in this word
额 é
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对高额赔偿，企业终于承认安全管理长期存在漏洞。 Miànduì gāo'é péicháng, qǐyè zhōngyú chéngrèn ānquán guǎnlǐ chángqī cúnzài lòudòng. Faced with a large compensation payment, the company finally admitted that there had long been loopholes in its safety management.
- 这家银行对逾期的贷款收取高额利息。 Zhè jiā yínháng duì yúqī de dàikuǎn shōuqǔ gāo'é lìxī. This bank charges high interest on overdue loans.
- 他中奖以后拿到了一笔高额奖金。 Tā zhòngjiǎng yǐhòu ná dào le yì bǐ gāo'é jiǎngjīn. After winning, he received a very large cash prize.