提高

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	high; tall
simp. and trad. (提高)		提	高

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tígāo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄍㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ gou¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-kô
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thê-ko͘ / thê-ko

(Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ gao¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶di-kau₁ / ²di-kau₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tígāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄍㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tígao
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi²-kao¹
  - Yale: tí-gāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyigau
  - Palladius: тигао (tigao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ gou¹
  - Yale: tàih gōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ gou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ gou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ kou̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-kô
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti^ˇ go^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti² go¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ ko²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: thê-koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: te'kof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-ko
  - Tâi-lô: thê-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: te'koy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ti⁵ gao¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî kau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kau³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-kau₁
  - MiniDict: di^去 kau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-kau₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² kɔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²di-kau₁
  - MiniDict: di^平 kau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /di²² kæ³³/

Verb

提⫽高 (verb-complement)

to raise; to improve; to heighten; to enhance; to increase
提高意識／提高意识 ― tígāo yìshí ― to raise awareness

提高質量／提高质量 ― tígāo zhìliàng ― to improve quality

提高收益 ― tígāo shōuyì ― to increase profit

提高的空間／提高的空间 ― tígāo de kōngjiān ― room for improvement

提高學生素質／提高学生素质 ― tígāo xuéshēng sùzhì ― to improve the calibre of students

提高居民生活水平 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
tígāo jūmín shēnghuóshuǐpíng [Pinyin]
to improve residents' standard of living

提高公務員的綜合素質 [MSC, trad.]
提高公务员的综合素质 [MSC, simp.]
tígāo gōngwùyuán de zōnghé sùzhì [Pinyin]
to improve the overall quality of civil servants

Synonyms

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健全 (jiànquán)
出息 (colloquial)
前進 / 前进 (qiánjìn)
完善 (wánshàn)
提升 (tíshēng)
提懸 / 提悬 (Min Nan)
改善 (gǎishàn)
改良 (gǎiliáng)
改進 / 改进 (gǎijìn)
躍進 / 跃进 (yuèjìn)
進展 / 进展 (jìnzhǎn)
進步 / 进步 (jìnbù)

Antonyms

降低 (jiàngdī)

Adjective

提高

(attributive) advanced

Synonyms

實驗／实验 (shíyàn)

Derived terms

提高班 (tígāobān)

References

“提高”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
提	高

Verb

提高

chữ Hán form of đề cao (“to heighten; to give prominence, to think highly of”)