搞 gǎo

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

搞 gǎo

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌高

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

高 Gāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 高 Gāo represents the sound.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 搞 gǎo in different contexts.

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他 tā 把 bǎ 那些 nà xiē 花 Huā 拖 tuō 过来 guò lái 拽 yè 过去 guòqu ,结果 jiēguǒ 全 Quán 搞 gǎo 坏 huài 了 le .

He pulled the flowers about until he ruined them all.

不管 bùguǎn 他们 tā men 搞 gǎo 什么 shénme 仪式 yíshì , 天空 tiānkōng 还是 háishi 晴朗 qínglǎng 无 wú 云 yún .

In spite of their ceremouies, the sky remained serene.

爸爸 bàba ,我 wǒ 插 chā 一句 yī jù . 你 nǐ 怎么 zěnme 会 huì 搞 gǎo 错 Cuò 安 Ān 东 Dōng 和 hé 索非亚 Suǒ fēi yà ?

Lorelai: " I'm sorry . Dad, how do you mix up Anton and Sophia ? "

他们 tā men 谁 shuí 也 Yě 没 méi 搞 gǎo 到 dào 旅游 lǚyóu 指南 zhǐ nán .

None of them has got a handbook to tourists.

他们 tā men 的 de 辩论 biànlùn 太 tài 深奥 shēnào ,我 wǒ 搞 gǎo 不 bù 懂 dǒng .

Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.

Explore 10 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 搞 gǎo in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
搞 gǎo	to do	搞 gǎo
搞好 gǎo hǎo	to do well at	搞好 gǎo hǎo
搞活 gǎo huó	to enliven	搞活 gǎo huó
搞鬼 gǎo guǐ	to make mischief	搞鬼 gǎo guǐ
搞乱 gǎo luàn	to mess up	搞亂
乱搞 luàn gǎo	to make a mess	亂搞
搞砸 gǎo zá	to foul up	搞砸 gǎo zá
瞎搞 xiā gǎo	to fool around	瞎搞 xiā gǎo
胡搞 hú gǎo	to mess around	胡搞 hú gǎo
搞花样 gǎo huā yàng	to cheat	搞花樣