高橋

Chinese

		high; tall	bridge
trad. (高橋)		高	橋
simp. (高桥)		高	桥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gāoqiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄑㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ kiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoqiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄑㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gaociáo
  - Wade–Giles: Kao¹-chʻiao²
  - Yale: Gāu-chyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauchyau
  - Palladius: Гаоцяо (Gaocjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ kiu⁴
  - Yale: gōu kìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ kiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ kiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

高橋

(～鎮) Gaoqiao (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
(～鄉) Gaoqiao (a township in Xingshan, Yichang, Hubei, China)
(～村) Gaoqiao (a village in Wangshi, Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～村) Gaoqiao (a village in Chengbei, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)橋(はし) (Takahashi).

Proper noun

高橋

An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 高橋, Takahashi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	橋
たか Grade: 2	はし Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

高(たか)橋(はし) • (Takahashi)

a surname: the 3rd most common surname in Japan.[1]

Coordinate terms

佐(さ)藤(とう) (Satō), 鈴(すず)木(き) (Suzuki), 高(たか)橋(はし) (Takahashi), 渡(わた)辺(なべ) (Watanabe), 田(た)中(なか) (Tanaka)

References

Japanese Wikipedia, 姓#日本の主な姓

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