I know those tall girls quite well.
高个子
tall person
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Meaning and common use
tall person
(of a person) tall
How 高个子 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 高个子 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I saw you with a tall boy.
Tom looked at the tall man suspiciously.
Words that keep company with 高个子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 高个子.
Directly before
- 一个高个子2
- 那些高个子1
- 那个高个子1
Directly after
- 高个子的2
- 高个子男孩1
- 高个子男人1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 高个子
What does 高个子 mean in Chinese?
高个子 (gāogèzi) means tall person.
How do you pronounce 高个子?
高个子 is pronounced gāogèzi.
Is 高个子 an HSK word?
高个子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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