# 高低
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gāodī
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): годи (godi, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$ dai$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-tâi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-te / ko͘-te
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kau-ti
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāodī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gaodi
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^1$-ti$^1$
*** Yale: gāu-dī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaudi
*** Palladius: гаоди (gaodi)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: годи (godi, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔ²⁴ ti²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$ dai$^1$
*** Yale: gōu dāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$ dai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$ dei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯⁵⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-tâi
*** Hakka Romanization System: go$^ˊ$ dai$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^1$ dai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ tai̯²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-te
*** Tâi-lô: ko-te
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'def
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² te⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-te
*** Tâi-lô: koo-te
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ko'def
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ te³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kau-ti
*** MiniDict: kau$^平$ ti
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kau-ti
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

### Noun

高低
* high and low
    From: Hong Kong MTR announcement, East Rail Line
    Qǐng xiǎoxīn kòngxì, bìng liúyì yuètái yǔ chēxiāng dìmiàn de gāodī. [Pinyin]
    Please mind the gap and be aware of the difference in levels between the platform and the train.
* height
* (music) pitch
* superiority or inferiority
       Rénrén píngděng, méiyǒu shénme gāodī guìjiàn zhī fēn. [Pinyin]
       Everyone is equal — there is no such thing as superiority or inferiority of social status.
* appropriateness; severity; weight

#### Synonyms

* (high and low): 高下 (gāoxià), 上下 (shàngxià), (Hokkien) 懸低／悬低
* (superiority and inferiority): 貴賤／贵贱 (guìjiàn)

#### Derived terms

* 不知高低
* 不識高低／不识高低
* 不顧高低／不顾高低
* 世情看冷暖，人面逐高低
* 人面逐高低
* 出手見高低／出手见高低
* 比個高低／比个高低
* 牙縫高低／牙缝高低
* 眉眼高低
* 見高低／见高低
* 言語高低／言语高低
* 高低不平
* 高低槓／高低杠 (gāodīgàng)
* 高低起伏
* 高高低低

#### See also

* 高度 (gāodù)

### Adverb

高低
* anyhow; no matter what; in any case
* in the end; finally; eventually

#### Synonyms

* (eventually):
* 到尾 (Eastern Min)
* 到底 (dàodǐ)
* 卒之 (zeot$^1$ zi$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
* 算是 (suànshì)
* 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
* 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
* 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
* 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
* 終須／终须 (zung$^1$ seoi$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
* 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
* 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 高 | 低 |
| こう Grade: 2 | てい Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From 高 (kō, "high") + 低 (tei, "low").

### Pronunciation

平板型
Source: 新明解日本語アクセント辞典（第２版）

### Noun

高(こう)低(てい) • (kōtei)
* high and low

#### Synonyms

* 上下(じょうげ) (jōge)
* 高下(こうげ) (kōge)
* 高卑(こうひ) (kōhi)