高位

Chinese

		high; tall	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (高位)		高	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāowèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ wai^6-2 / gou¹ wai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-vi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāowèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaowèi
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: gāu-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauwey
  - Palladius: гаовэй (gaovɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ wai^6-2 / gou¹ wai⁶
  - Yale: gōu wái / gōu waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ wai^6-2 / gou¹ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ wei^6-2 / gou¹ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /kou̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Note: gou1 wai6 - literary ("high position").

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ vi⁴
  - 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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑu/	/wi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou¹	wai⁶

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
- 高位寔疾顛，厚味寔腊毒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  高位寔疾颠，厚味寔腊毒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE
  Gāowèi shí jídiān, hòuwèi shí xīdú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 敢辱高位，以速官謗？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  敢辱高位，以速官谤？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th 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

Sino-Xenic (高位):

→ 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 – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːi]

Noun

高(こう)位(い) • (kōi) ^{←かうゐ (kauwi)^?}

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”)