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gǎo

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English Definition	to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
Simplified Script	搞
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	gǎo
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄍㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	gaau²
Part of Speech	(动) verb
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=5 TOCFL=5

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Words With Same Head Word
搞好	gǎohǎo	to do well at; to do a good job
搞活	gǎohuó	to enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize
搞乱	gǎoluàn	to mess up; to mismanage; to bungle; to confuse; to muddle
搞砸	gǎozá	to mess (something) up; to foul up; to spoil
搞鬼	gǎoguǐ	to make mischief; to play tricks

Words With Same Tail Word
乱搞	luàngǎo	to make a mess; to mess with; to be wild; to sleep around; to jump into bed
瞎搞	xiāgǎo	to fool around; to mess with; to do something without a plan
胡搞	húgǎo	to mess around; to mess with something; to have an affair
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; to expose and censure

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