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搞

gǎo
to do · to make
Radical: 扌 Strokes: 13 HSK 5
Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common
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Character Decomposition
搞=扌+高
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to do
to make
to go in for
to set up
to get hold of
to take care of
gǎo
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Words with 搞 31 total
to make a mess · to mess with · to be wild · to sleep around · to jump into bed乱搞luàn gǎospoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)恶搞è gǎoto mess up · to mismanage · to bungle · to confuse · to muddle搞乱gǎo luàn(slang) to engage in male homosexual practices搞基gǎo jīto do well at · to do a good job搞好gǎo hǎoto fix · to settle · to wangle搞定gǎo dìngto do sth wacky · wacky · wacky behavior搞怪gǎo guài(dialect) what are you doing? · what the hell?搞毛gǎo máoto enliven · to invigorate · to revitalize搞活gǎo huóto confuse · to muddle · to mix up搞混gǎo hùnto mess (sth) up · to foul up · to spoil搞砸gǎo záto get people to laugh · funny · hilarious搞笑gǎo xiàoto make sense of sth搞通gǎo tōngto make money搞钱gǎo qiánmistake · to make a mistake · to blunder · mistaken搞错gǎo cuò(coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile · cf. yǒu gǎo tou and méi gǎo tou搞头gǎo touto make mischief · to play tricks搞鬼gǎo guǐto fool around · to mess with · to do sth without a plan瞎搞xiā gǎoto mess around · to mess with something · to have an affair胡搞hú gǎohard to deal with · hard to get along with难搞nán gǎo(coll.) maybe · perhaps搞不好gǎo bu hǎounable to make sense of (sth)搞不懂gǎo bu dǒngto mess sth up搞乌龙gǎo wū lóngcomedy film · comedy · CL:部 bù搞笑片gǎo xiào piàn
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