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Jyutping gou1 dei6
Pinyin gāo dì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. highland
  2. upland
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    地勢​高​嘅​地方
    highland; high ground
  2. 名詞
    引伸​評論​事件​嘅​時​候​,​高人一等​、​抽離​實際情​況​嘅​姿​態
    (moral) high ground
    • 有啲人總係企喺道德高地批判其他人。
      有啲人总系企喺道德高地批判其他人。
      Some people like to claim a moral high ground when judging others.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    height; strategic height
  2. noun
    upland; highland
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    许多鸟儿高高地飞翔在天空中
    許多鳥兒高高地飛翔在天空中
    xǔ duō niǎo er gāo gāo dì fēi xiáng zài tiān kōng zhōng
    • Many birds fly high in the sky.
  2. Mandarin
    她觉得浑身不自在,尽管这个奇怪孩子的身体可能坐在桌子旁,但她的精神却在遥远的风尘云雾中遥不可及,高高地于想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
    她覺得渾身不自在,儘管這個奇怪孩子的身體可能坐在桌子旁,但她的精神卻在遙遠的風塵雲霧中遙不可及,高高地於想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
    tā jué de hún shēn bù zì zai , jǐn guǎn zhè ge qí guài hái zi de shēn tǐ kě néng zuò zài zhuō zi páng , dàn tā de jīng shén què zài yáo yuǎn de fēng chén yún wù zhōng yáo bù kě jí , gāo gāo dì yú xiǎng xiàng lì de chì bǎng shàng piāo fú 。
    • She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    企喺道德高地
    企喺道德高地
    kei5 hai2 dou6 dak1 gou1 dei6
    • to stand on the moral high ground
  2. Cantonese
    居然挑战大总统,真系不知天高地厚。
    居然挑戰大總統,真係不知天高地厚。
    geoi1 jin2 tiu1 zin3 daai6 zung2 tung2, zan1 hai6 bat1 zi1 tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
    • He audaciously challenges the President with overconfidence in his abilities.
  3. Cantonese
    由于敌方占据咗高地,我军陷入苦战。
    由於敵方佔據咗高地,我軍陷入苦戰。
    • The enemy had taken the high ground and our army put up a struggle to fight back.
  4. Cantonese
    有啲人总系企喺道德高地批判其他人。
    有啲人總係企喺道德高地批判其他人。
    • Some people like to claim a moral high ground when judging others.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    有人说,已经没有了,天下太平了,可以把枕头塞得高高地睡觉了。这是不合事实的。
    有人説,已經沒有了,天下太平了,可以把枕頭塞得高高地睡覺了。這是不合事實的。
    yǒu rén shuō , yǐ jīng méi yǒu le , tiān xià tài píng le , kě yǐ bǎ zhěn tou sāi de gāo gāo de shuì jiào le . zhè shì bù hé shì shí de .
    • Some people say that there aren't any more [counter-revolutionaries] left and all is well and that we can therefore lay our heads on our pillows and just drop off to sleep. But this is not the way things are.