high-class

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

high-class (comparative more high-class, superlative most high-class)

1. Upper-class.
2. Recognized for its quality.

   We bought it at a high-class shop downtown, expensive but worth it.

   She's nothing but a high-class prostitute, even if she is earning $2,000 a night.

   • 2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 March 2022:

     Kelleher made it 11 penalties from 11 for Liverpool but Kepa blazed wildly over the top as a high-class showpiece was decided by the finest of margins after 21 successful attempts.

Synonyms

• upscale

Translations

recognized for quality — see also luxurious,‎ exclusive

• Bulgarian: първокласен (bg) (părvoklasen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高級 / 高级 (zh) (gāojí)

• Finnish: korkealaatuinen (fi), korkealuokkainen (fi), laadukas (fi), tasokas (fi), korkeatasoinen (fi)
• French: haut de gamme (fr)
• Georgian: მაღალი კლასის (maɣali ḳlasis), მაღალხარისხიანი (maɣalxarisxiani)
• German: gehoben (de)
• Japanese: 高級な (ja) (こうきゅうな, kōkyū-na)
• Korean: 고급(高級) (ko) (gogeup)
• Macedonian: прво́класен (prvóklasen)
• Russian: ... высокого (vysokovo) класса (klassa) (vysókovo klássa)
• Spanish: de nivel alto, de clase alta
• Swedish: lyxig (sv)
• Thai: ชั้นสูง, ชั้นดี

See also

• classy

Chinese

Etymology

From English high-class.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹ kaa¹ si²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai¹ kaa¹ si²
    • Yale: hāai kā sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹ kaa¹ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai¹ ka¹ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯⁵⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ siː³⁵/

Adjective

high-class

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) high-class

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese