高雅

Chinese

		high; tall	elegant
trad. (高雅)		高	雅
simp. ^#(高雅)		高	雅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāoyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ngaa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-ngá
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-ngá

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-ya³
  - Yale: gāu-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyea
  - Palladius: гаоя (gaoja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ ngaa⁵
  - Yale: gōu ngáh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ngaa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ nga⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-ngá
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ nga^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ nga³
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ ŋa³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-ngá
  - Tâi-lô: ko-ngá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koingar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ŋã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² ŋã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋã⁴¹/

Adjective

高雅

elegant; refined; tasteful

Synonyms

優美 / 优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
古雅 (gǔyǎ)
嫻 / 娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
嫻靜 / 娴静 (xiánjìng)
幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
文雅 (wényǎ)
文靜 / 文静 (wénjìng)
斯文 (sīwén)
斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
雅緻 / 雅致 (yǎzhì)
高尚 (gāoshàng)

Antonyms

低下 (dīxià)
低俗 (dīsú)
低級 / 低级 (dījí)
俗氣 / 俗气 (súqì)
俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
傖俗 / 伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
卑俗 (bēisú)
庸俗 (yōngsú)
鄙俗 (bǐsú)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

Derived terms

高雅文化 (gāoyǎ wénhuà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	雅
こう Grade: 2	が Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーが [kóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡa̠]

Adjective

高(こう)雅(が) • (kōga) ^{←かうが (kauga)^?}-na (adnominal 高(こう)雅(が)な (kōga na), adverbial 高(こう)雅(が)に (kōga ni))

refined; elegant; chaste

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
高	雅

Noun

高雅 • (goa) (hangeul 고아)

hanja form^? of 고아

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	雅

Noun

高雅

chữ Hán form of cao nhã