提高 tígāo — to raise, to improve (a level or a standard)
tígāo (second tone, rising)ti2gao1
to raise, to improve (a level or a standard)
HSK 3· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 2· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to raise, to improve (a level or a standard)
To make something higher than it was — a level, a standard, a price. It works on measurable things, so 提高水平 is right but 提高我的中国朋友 is not.
verb
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 我想提高我的汉语水平。我想提高我的漢語水平。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) tígāo (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) shuǐpíng. (third tone, dipping)···
I want to improve my level of Chinese.
- 经常练习,成绩就会提高。經常練習,成績就會提高。Jīngcháng (first tone, high and level) liànxí, (fourth tone, falling) chéngjì (second tone, rising) jiù (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling) tígāo. (second tone, rising)···
Practise regularly and your results will improve.
Similar words
Words containing 高
- 高gāo (first tone, high and level)tall (of people); high
- 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