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稿

gǎo

HSK 6 Character

What 稿 means

1. manuscript
2. draft
3. stalk of grain

Other readings

稿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gǎovariant of {稿|gǎo}

Example sentences

• 我在写演讲的草稿。
  Wǒ zài xiě yǎnjiǎng de cǎogǎo.
  I am writing a draft of the speech.
• 他比较了复印稿和原件。
  He compared the copy with the original.
• 他给我看了他最新剧的底稿。
  Tā gěi wǒ kàn le tā zuì xīn jù de dǐgǎo.
  He showed me the manuscript of his new play.
• 我的演讲稿就是依据这个理论写的。
  Wǒ de yǎnjiǎng gǎo jiùshì yījù zhège lǐlùn xiě de.
  This is the ideology to which my speech is written.
• 天好以后，我要把稿子送到出版社去。
  Tiān hǎo yǐhòu, wǒ yào bǎ gǎozi sòng dào chūbǎnshè qù.
  After today, I want to send the manuscript to a publishing house.
• 喂，请问现在能给我马上送一叠稿子吗？
  Wèi, qǐngwèn xiànzài néng gěi wǒ mǎshàng sòng yī dié gǎozi ma?
  Hey, could you send over the stack of manuscripts straight away?

Words starting with 稿

• 稿件gǎo jiànpiece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article
• 稿子gǎo zidraft of a document; script; manuscript
• 稿费gǎo fèiauthor's remuneration
• 稿纸gǎo zhǐdraft paper
• 稿酬gǎo chóufee paid to an author for a piece of writing
• 稿本gǎo běnmanuscript (of a book etc); sketch (of a design etc)

Words containing 稿

• 投稿tóu gǎoto submit articles for publication; to contribute (writing)
• 征稿zhēng gǎoto solicit contributions (to a publication)
• 手稿shǒu gǎomanuscript; script
• 发稿fā gǎo(of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer…
• 草稿cǎo gǎodraft; outline; sketch
• 文稿wén gǎomanuscript; article (in newspaper); draft
• 原稿yuán gǎomanuscript; original copy
• 撰稿人zhuàn gǎo rénauthor (of a manuscript)
• 初稿chū gǎofirst draft (of writing)
• 书稿shū gǎomanuscript of a book
• 供稿gōng gǎoto contribute (to a magazine etc)
• 撰稿zhuàn gǎoto write (an article for publication)
• 定稿dìng gǎoto finalize; to settle on the final version of (a text or creative work); final version
• 审稿shěn gǎoto review (a paper or manuscript)
• 约稿yuē gǎoto commission (a newspaper article, piece of writing, artwork etc)
• 截稿jié gǎo(of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
• 诗稿shī gǎoverse manuscript
• 撤稿chè gǎoto withdraw a submission; to retract a submission (to a newspaper, magazine, journal etc)
• 拟稿nǐ gǎoto draft (a statement)
• 改稿gǎi gǎoto revise a manuscript
• 洗稿xǐ gǎoto modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection…
• 画稿huà gǎorough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
• 脱稿tuō gǎo(of a manuscript) to be completed; to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech)
• 起稿qǐ gǎoto make a draft; to draft (a document)

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.

• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 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 稿

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

• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 璃lí(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃
• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

Sounds the same

Read gǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搞to do; to make; to go in for
• 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