高大

Chinese

		high; tall	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (高大)		高	大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāodà

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ daai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-thai
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-tāi / ko-tāi / ko͘-tōa / ko-tōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāodà
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaodà
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-ta⁴
  - Yale: gāu-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaudah
  - Palladius: гаода (gaoda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ daai⁶
  - Yale: gōu daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: go´ tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: koo-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'dai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ tai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: ko-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'dai
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: koo-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'doa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ tua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: ko-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'doa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tua²²/

Adjective

高大

tall; tall and big
lofty; imposing; noble

Synonyms

(tall and big):

俁俁／俣俣 (yǔyǔ) (literary)
巖巖／岩岩 (yányán) (literary)
雄偉／雄伟 (xióngwěi)
高長／高长 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
魁偉／魁伟 (kuíwěi)
魁梧 (kuíwú)

(lofty):

可敬 (kějìng)
威嚴／威严 (wēiyán)
尊嚴／尊严 (zūnyán)
尊貴／尊贵 (zūnguì)
尚 (literary, or in compounds)
崇高 (chónggāo)
巖巖／岩岩 (yányán) (literary)
高尚 (gāoshàng)
高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)
高超 (gāochāo) (literary)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “tall and big”): 矮小 (ǎixiǎo)

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