忽高忽低 hū gāo hū dī — alternately soaring and plunging

Meanings

1. 1

   alternately soaring and plunging

   alternately soaring and plunging

Character breakdown

• 高

  gāo (first tone, high and level)

  tall, high; (of a level, price or standard) high; Gao, a surname

  10 strokesRadical 高

Words containing 高

• 高gāo (first tone, high and level)tall (of people); high
• 提高tígāo (second tone, rising)to raise, to improve (a level or a standard)
• 高兴/高興gāoxìng (first tone, high and level)happy, glad, pleased
• 高中gāo (first tone, high and level) zhōng (first tone, high and level)senior high school
• 高级/高級gāo (first tone, high and level) jí (second tone, rising)high level
• 高度gāo (first tone, high and level) dù (fourth tone, falling)height
• 高速gāo (first tone, high and level) sù (fourth tone, falling)high speed
• 高手gāo (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)expert
• 高潮gāo (first tone, high and level) cháo (second tone, rising)high tide
• 高层/高層gāo (first tone, high and level) céng (second tone, rising)high-rise
• 身高shēn (first tone, high and level) gāo (first tone, high and level)(a person's) height
• 高档/高檔gāo (first tone, high and level) dàng (fourth tone, falling)superior quality
• 高贵/高貴gāo (first tone, high and level) guì (fourth tone, falling)grandeur
• 高于/高於gāo (first tone, high and level) yú (second tone, rising)greater than
• 高尚gāo (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)noble
• 高峰gāo (first tone, high and level) fēng (first tone, high and level)peak
• 升高shēng (first tone, high and level) gāo (first tone, high and level)to raise
• 高跟鞋gāo (first tone, high and level) gēn (first tone, high and level) xié (second tone, rising)high-heeled shoes