Chinese symbol for “dainty”
高雅
gāo yǎ
dainty; elegance; elegant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dainty is 高雅 (gāo yǎ), defined as: dainty; elegance; elegant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dainty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娇美 (嬌美) | jiāo měi | dainty |
| 小巧玲珑 (小巧玲瓏) | xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng | (idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite |
| 娇小 (嬌小) | jiāo xiǎo | petite; delicate |
| 纤巧 (纖巧) | xiān qiǎo | delicate; dainty |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高雅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 优雅 (優雅) | yōu yǎ | grace; graceful |
| 典雅 | diǎn yǎ | refined; elegant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dainty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.