VocabularyHSK 3 · core

提高

tígāo

to improve

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

  1. 提高水平。
    Raise the level.
  2. 提高自己。
    Improve oneself.

Collocations

提高水平提高效率提高自己

Mnemonic

提高 tígāo "to raise, improve" — 提 (lift) + 高 (high) = "lift up to high". Antonym: 降低 jiàngdī (lower). Korean jego (提高) is borrowed from Chinese, used in policy/economy contexts.

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