(gǎo) - to do, to make, to handle (versatile informal verb) in Mandarin
gǎoTraditional: 搞
HSK 4
#385 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to do, to make, to handle (versatile informal verb)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound: the 扌 'hand' radical signals an action of the hands, and 高 (gao) supplies the sound. A versatile informal verb meaning 'to do, to make, to handle'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 扌 (hand radical) + 高 (gao, phonetic)
Stroke order
搞
Examples
？
What are you doing?
！
Done! It's sorted!
乱七八。
He always makes a mess of things.
？
What on earth are you up to again?
。
He has set up a small business.
搞 (gǎo) - to do, to make, to handle (versatile informal verb).
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 搞.
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