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搞
gǎo
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
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

搞
gǎo
to do, to fix, to make, to settle
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

乱搞
luàngǎo
to make a mess
恶搞
ègǎo
spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
抉搞
juégǎo
to choose
搞乱
gǎoluàn
to mess up
搞基
gǎojī
to be gay (slang)
搞好
gǎohǎo
to do well at
搞定
gǎodìng
to fix
搞怪
gǎoguài
to do sth wacky
搞毛
gǎomáo
(dialect) what are you doing?
搞活
gǎohuó
to enliven
搞混
gǎohùn
to confuse
搞砸
gǎozá
to mess (sth) up
搞笑
gǎoxiào
funny
搞通
gǎotōng
to make sense of sth
搞钱
gǎoqián
to get money
搞错
gǎocuò
mistake
搞鬼
gǎoguǐ
to make mischief
瞎搞
xiāgǎo
to fool around
胡搞
húgǎo
to mess around
搞不好
gǎobuhǎo
(coll.) maybe

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,145
Word Frequency Rank
372 of 84,292

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