"Highest" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
 zuì gāo tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities
 jiǔ tiān the Ninth Heaven / the highest of the heavens
 jiào chā range (the difference between the lowest and highest values)
 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
 shàng děng highest quality / top-notch
 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate
 zhòng zhōng zhī zhòng of the utmost importance / of highest priority
 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
 sān jiǎ 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
 Zhōng yāng Dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933
 Míng dé highest virtue / illustrious virtue
 Wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior
 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
 Zhōng guó Chuán méi Dà xué Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
 Guó zǐ jiàn Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in imperial China
 Tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
 zuì dà gōng yuē shù highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels
 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge
 jiào highest peak
 hún rán tiān chéng to resemble nature itself / of the highest quality (idiom)
竿 bǎi chǐ gān tóu to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
 wèi jí rén chén to have reached the highest official positions
 qiú hǎo xīn qiè to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
 dà zǐ jīng xūn zhāng Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), Hong Kong's highest honor
 jiǔ chóng xiāo ninth heaven / Highest Heaven
 Kǎ wǎ gé bó fēng Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meili Snow Mountains 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 Xue3 shan1]
 E4 ěr bù lǔ shì Mt Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains
 yǒu yì fēng Friendship Peak or Khüiten Peak (4,356 m), the highest peak of the Altai mountains
 zhuān měi yú qián to monopolize the limelight (idiom) / to get all the glory / to rank highest
 Kù kè shān Mt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak
 Tuō mù ěr Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
 Tuō mù ěr fēng Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
 zuì dà gōng yīn zǐ highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
 zuì gāo děng highest level / top class
 zuì gāo yīn highest voice / highest pitch / highest note
 zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn highest true (non-falsetto) voice
 chóng xiāo ninth heaven / Highest Heaven
 A1 kōng jiā guā Shān Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
  highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity
  highest posting
 zuì gāo tiān wén cháo highest astronomic tide
  highest paid civil service
 Hàn ná Shān Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea
 shàng dì top notch / highest quality
 dū hù (old) highest administrative post in border areas / governor of a march
 Sī kē fèi ěr Fēng Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England (978 m)
 bǎng dān list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
 zhuān bā TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试[Ying1 yu3 Zhuan1 ye4 Ba1 ji2 Kao3 shi4])
 dǐng pèi highest level of specification (for a product)
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