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搞

gǎo

HSK 5 Character

What 搞 means

1. to do
2. to make
3. to go in for
4. to set up
5. to get hold of
6. to take care of

Example sentences

• 搞什么
  Gǎo shénme
  What's up?
• 搞什幺
  What's up?
• 搞定！
  Done!
• 搞定了！
  It's done!
• 会搞定的。
  Huì gǎodìng de.
  It will be done.
• 不要乱搞!
  Bù yào luàngǎo!
  Don't mess around!

Words starting with 搞

• 搞笑gǎo xiàoto get people to laugh; funny; hilarious
• 搞好gǎo hǎoto do well at; to do a good job
• 搞错gǎo cuòmistake; to make a mistake; to blunder
• 搞活gǎo huóto enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize
• 搞乱gǎo luànto mess up; to mismanage; to bungle
• 搞基gǎo jī(slang) to engage in male homosexual practices
• 搞定gǎo dìngto fix; to settle; to wangle
• 搞怪gǎo guàito do sth wacky; wacky; wacky behavior
• 搞毛gǎo máo(dialect) what are you doing?; what the hell?
• 搞混gǎo hùnto confuse; to muddle; to mix up
• 搞通gǎo tōngto make sense of sth
• 搞钱gǎo qiánto make money
• 搞头gǎo tou(colloquial) likelihood of being worthwhile; cf. 有搞头
• 搞鬼gǎo guǐto make mischief; to play tricks
• 搞不好gǎo bu hǎo(colloquial) maybe; perhaps
• 搞乌龙gǎo wū lóngto mess sth up
• 搞笑片gǎo xiào piàncomedy film; comedy
• 搞花样gǎo huā yàngto play tricks; to cheat; to deceive
• 搞不懂gǎo bu dǒngunable to make sense of (sth)
• 搞砸gǎo záto mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil
• 搞花样儿gǎo huā yàng rerhua variant of 搞花样

Words containing 搞

• 乱搞luàn gǎoto make a mess; to mess with; to be wild
• 恶搞è gǎospoof…
• 胡搞hú gǎoto mess around; to mess with something; to have an affair
• 难搞nán gǎohard to deal with; hard to get along with
• 有搞头yǒu gǎo tou(colloquial) worthwhile; likely to be fruitful
• 没搞头méi gǎo tou(colloquial) not worth bothering with; pointless
• 怎么搞的zěn me gǎo deHow did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?
• 恶搞文化è gǎo wén huàspoofing culture…
• 乱搞男女关系luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xìto be promiscuous; to sleep around
• 瞎搞xiā gǎoto fool around; to mess with; to do sth without a plan

Characters built on 高

These share the phonetic component 高 (gāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 蒿hāocelery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
• 镐gǎoa pick
• 缟gǎoplain white silk
• 篙gāopole for punting boats
• 槁gǎodried up (wood); dead tree

Characters that look like 搞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read gǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 稿manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 镐a pick
• 杲high; sun shines brightly; to shine
• 缟plain white silk
• 槁dried up (wood); dead tree
• 暠bright; white
• 藁variant of 槁
• 藳old variant of 稿