# 高龄 (gāolíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 高龄 (gāolíng) means “advanced age; elderly”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: advanced age; elderly
- Pinyin: gāolíng (gao1 ling2)
- Traditional: 高齡
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 爷爷已经八十岁高龄了。
  Yéye yǐjīng bāshí suì gāolíng le.
  Grandpa is already eighty years old.

## Characters

- [高](https://hanziro.com/word/gao-tall/) (gāo): tall; high
- 龄 (líng): age; length of experience, membership etc

https://hanziro.com/word/gao-ling-advanced-age/

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