高牆

Chinese

		high; tall	wall
trad. (高牆)		高	牆
simp. (高墙)		高	墙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoqiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ coeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-chhiòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoqiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaociáng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-chʻiang²
    • Yale: gāu-chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauchyang
    • Palladius: гаоцян (gaocjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 高牆 / 高墙 高強 / 高强

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: gōu chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-chhiòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ qiong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ qiong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ t͡sʰi̯oŋ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaw dzjang

Rime
Character	高	牆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古勞切	在良切
Baxter	kaw	dzjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu/	/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu/	/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu/	/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw/	/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/kɑu/	/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/kɑu/	/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑu/	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo	qiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou1	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːw  zaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	高
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gāo
Middle Chinese	‹ kaw ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[k]ˁaw/
English	high, tall
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	牆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3726	10302
Phonetic component	高	爿
Rime group	宵	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	髙	牆
Old Chinese	/*kaːw/	/*zaŋ/

Noun

高牆

1. (literally) high wall
2. (metonymically) prison

   • 他把實現個人價值的期待寄托在公眾號上，希望它成為溝通高牆內外的橋樑。 [MSC, trad.]
     他把实现个人价值的期待寄托在公众号上，希望它成为沟通高墙内外的桥梁。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 February 24, 魏晞 (Wei Xi), 《一个警察和8000人的“树洞”》, in China Youth Daily, page 5

     Tā bǎ shíxiàn gèrén jiàzhí de qīdài jìtuō zài gōngzhònghào shàng, xīwàng tā chéngwéi gōutōng gāoqiáng nèiwài de qiáoliáng. [Pinyin]

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