粵

高gou1下haa6

gou1 haa6gāo xià

English

  1. relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
  2. the high and low; the good and bad; the superior and inferior

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 兩樣嘢之間,邊個好啲,邊個差啲

Examples

  • 她是个任何事情都喜欢和别人一比高下的人。

    She is overly competitive.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 一決高下

    to compete to see who is better

  • 高下立見

    the superior and inferior is instantly distinguished

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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