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搞
Mandarin · pinyin gǎo
Meanings
- to do
- to make
- to go in for
- to set up
- to get hold of
- to take care of
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- 搞
- gǎo · to clear, clarify
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Mandarin tones
3 · gao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaau2
Cantonese word readings for 搞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to do (usually bad things)
- to work in; to be engaged in
- to make; to produce
- to manage; to take care of
- to get; to get hold of
- to set up; to organize
- (colloquial or dialectal) to get something to somewhere; to move something; to put
- (Cantonese) to play with
- (slang) to have sex; to fuck
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