"high" meaning in Chinese

See high in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /xaɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /haːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xaɪ̯⁵⁵/, /haːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hāi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hāi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hai [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hai¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hāi [Mandarin, Yale], hai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хай [Mandarin, Palladius], xaj [Mandarin, Palladius], hāai [Cantonese, Yale], haai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English high. Doublet of 嗨 (hāi). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|high}} English high, {{doublet|zh|嗨}} Doublet of 嗨 (hāi) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} high
  1. high (intoxicated) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-high-zh-adj-u0Mvmg66
  2. (figuratively) excited Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, figuratively
    Sense id: en-high-zh-adj-jRyKehLD Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 37 12 29 14 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 10 39 16 17 17 Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 17 39 16 18 11

Verb

IPA: /xaɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /haːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xaɪ̯⁵⁵/, /haːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hāi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hāi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hai [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hai¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hāi [Mandarin, Yale], hai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хай [Mandarin, Palladius], xaj [Mandarin, Palladius], hāai [Cantonese, Yale], haai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English high. Doublet of 嗨 (hāi). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|high}} English high, {{doublet|zh|嗨}} Doublet of 嗨 (hāi) Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} high
  1. to be high (intoxicated) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-high-zh-verb-OjoHX3mz
  2. (figuratively) to be excited Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, figuratively
    Sense id: en-high-zh-verb-f0wq368h
  3. to use drugs Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-high-zh-verb-epngTZ5c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: high大咗 [Cantonese], 自high [Cantonese] Related terms: high tea, hi, (hāi)

Download JSON data for high meaning in Chinese (4.4kB)

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