高一 (gāo yī) — first year of senior high school, tenth grade | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

first year of senior high schooltenth grade

Examples

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Wǒ mèi mei jīn nián shàng gāo yī.
My younger sister is entering the first year of senior high school this year.
高一。
gāo yī De kè chéng bǐ chū sān nán dé duō.
The courses in the first year of senior high school are much harder than in the third year of junior high.
高一。
Tā cóng gāo yī kāi shǐ zhù xiào.
He started boarding at school from the first year of senior high school.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

高gāosenior high

“高” points to senior high and “一” marks the first year, so it names the first year of senior high school.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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