# 高位
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāowèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$ wai$^{6-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-vi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāowèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gaowèi
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^1$-wei$^4$
*** Yale: gāu-wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauwey
*** Palladius: гаовэй (gaovɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$ wai$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: gōu wái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$ wai$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$ wei$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-vi
*** Hakka Romanization System: go$^ˊ$ vi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^1$ vi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ vi⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kaw hwijH
Rime :
| Character | 高 | 位 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 古勞切 | 于愧切 |
| Baxter | kaw | hwijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑu/ | /ɦˠiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑu/ | /ɦʷᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑu/ | /ɣiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaw/ | /ɦjwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑu/ | /ɣjui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑu/ | /ɣwi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kɑu/ | /wi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gāo | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gou$^1$ | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[k]ˤaw [ɢ]ʷrəp-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːw ɢʷrɯbs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 高 | 位 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gāo | wèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kaw › | ‹ hwij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.[k]ˁaw/ | /*[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?) |
| English | high, tall | standing, position |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 高 | 位 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3726 | 7865 |
| Phonetic component | 高 | 立 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 內 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 髙 | 位 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːw/ | /*ɢʷrɯbs/ |

### Noun

高位
* high position; high status
    身居高位 ― shēn jū gāowèi ― to be in high status
    高位厚祿／高位厚禄 ― gāowèihòulù ― high position and handsome salary
    From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
    Gāowèi shí jídiān, hòuwèi shí xīdú. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Gǎn rǔ gāowèi, yǐ sù guānbàng? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* upper part; high level
    高位截癱／高位截瘫 ― gāowèi jiétān ― high paraplegia
* (stock market) high level

#### Antonyms

* 低位 (dīwèi)

#### Derived terms

* 高位厚祿／高位厚禄 (gāowèihòulù)
* 高位截癱／高位截瘫 (gāowèi jiétān)
* 高位重祿／高位重禄

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 高(こう)位(い) (kōi)
* → Korean: 고위(高位) (gowi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 高 | 位 |
| こう Grade: 2 | い Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーい [kóꜜòì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞ːi]

### Noun

高(こう)位(い) • (kōi)
* high position; high status

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 高 | 位 |

### Noun

高位 • (gowi) (hangeul 고위)
* hanja form of 고위 (“high rank”)