高要

Chinese

		high; tall	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (高要)		高	要
simp. ^#(高要)		高	要

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gāoyāo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jiu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoyāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gaoyao
  - Wade–Giles: Kao¹-yao¹
  - Yale: Gāu-yāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauiau
  - Palladius: Гаояо (Gaojao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ jiu¹
  - Yale: gōu yīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

高要

(～峽) (historical) Gaoyao Gorge (a strategic gorge on the Xi River, now named Lingyang Gorge)
(～區, formerly ～縣, ～市) Gaoyao (a district of Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China, formerly a county or a county-level city)
(～專區) (historical) Gaoyao (a former prefecture of Guangdong, China)