cao
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- High, Tall: Describes something with a great vertical extent or measurement from base to top. It can refer to physical objects (mountains, people, buildings) or abstract concepts (levels, degrees).
- Elevated, Lofty: Refers to a high position in space or status.
- High-pitched: Describes a sound with a high frequency.
- High, Expensive: Indicates a large amount, degree, or price.
- Advanced, Superior: Describes a high level of development, rank, or quality.
Noun:
- Glue, Gelatin, Extract: A substance, often medicinal, produced by boiling animal bones, horns, or plants until a concentrated, viscous, or solid extract remains.
- Plaque, Tartar: A hardened deposit, such as dental calculus.
- Dregs, Residue: The solid residue left in a pipe after smoking.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ngọn núi này rất cao. (This mountain is very high.)
- Anh ấy cao một mét tám. (He is one meter eighty tall.)
- Cô ấy hát nốt cao rất tốt. (She sings the high note very well.)
- Giá cả ở đây quá cao. (The prices here are too high.)
- Đây là một kỹ thuật cao. (This is an advanced technique.)
- Noun:
- Ông ấy uống cao hổ cốt để chữa đau lưng. (He drinks tiger bone glue to treat back pain.)
- Bạn nên đi lấy cao răng sáu tháng một lần. (You should get your teeth scaled to remove tartar every six months.)
Advanced Usage
- "làm cao": To put on airs, to act superior.
- Đừng có làm cao, anh cũng cần việc đó mà. (Don't put on airs; you need that job too.)
- "cất cao giọng": To raise one's voice.
- Anh ta cất cao giọng khi tranh luận. (He raises his voice when arguing.)
- "nâng cao": To elevate, to improve, to enhance.
- Chúng tôi luôn tìm cách nâng cao chất lượng dịch vụ. (We always seek ways to improve service quality.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cao lớn (adj): Tall and big, large in stature.
- Cậu bé đã trở thành một chàng trai cao lớn. (The boy has become a tall young man.)
- Cao cấp (adj): High-class, high-grade, superior.
- Cô ấy thích mua hàng cao cấp. (She likes to buy high-class goods.)
- Cao thủ (n): Master, expert (often in a game or skill).
- Anh ấy là một cao thủ cờ vua. (He is a chess master.)
- Cao nguyên (n): Plateau, highland.
- Vùng cao nguyên có khí hậu mát mẻ. (The highland region has a cool climate.)
Synonyms
- Adjective: High, tall, elevated, lofty, superior, advanced, expensive.
- Noun: Glue, gelatin, extract, paste, residue, tartar.
Related Idioms
- Cao chạy xa bay: To flee far away, to disappear without a trace.
- Nghe tin động đất, mọi người cao chạy xa bay. (Hearing the earthquake news, everyone fled far away.)
- Trèo cao ngã đau: The higher you climb, the harder you fall.
- Hắn ta tham nhũng nhiều rồi bị bắt, đúng là trèo cao ngã đau. (He was corrupt and then got caught; it's true that the higher you climb, the harder you fall.)
- Cây cao bóng cả: A tall tree provides great shade (metaphor for a person of high status who protects others).
- Nhờ có sếp là cây cao bóng cả mà nhân viên được che chở. (Thanks to the boss being a protector, the employees are sheltered.)
- Thấp tình cao nghĩa: Deep affection and noble righteousness (describes profound and virtuous relationships).
- Cao không tới, thấp không thông: Too high to reach, too low to pass through (in an awkward, untenable position).
noun
- Jelly, glue (of animal bones or plants used as medicine)
- cao hổ cốttiger bone glue
- Cataplasm
adj
- High, tall, steep, towering
- cao một mét bảy mươito be 5'7'' tall, to stand 5'7" in height
- núi cao trên ba nghìn méta mountain more than 3,000 metres high, a mountain over 10,000 feet high
- đo chiều caoto measure the height (of someone, something)
- chim bay cao títthe bird flew very high
- giày cao cổ