"搞" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kau⁵³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kaːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kau⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kau²¹³/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /kau̯³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kau³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kau⁵³/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /kau²¹/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /ko³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kau⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Quanzhou], /kau⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kɒu̯⁴¹/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/, /kau⁵³/, /kaːu̯³⁵/, /kau⁵⁵/, /kau²¹³/, /kau̯³¹/, /kau³¹/, /kau⁵³/, /kau²¹/, /ko³³/, /kau⁵³/, /kau⁵⁵⁴/, /kau⁵²/, /ɡɔ²³/, /kɔ³⁴/, /kɒu̯⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: gǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], gao³ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄍㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], gao³ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], gaau² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], gau² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], gau³ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], káu [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], gau³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], gau² [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], gǎu, gō̤, káu [Hokkien, POJ], gao² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶gau; ⁵kau, gau³, gǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄍㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], gǎu [Mandarin, Yale], gao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], гао [Mandarin, Palladius], gao [Mandarin, Palladius], gao [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], gaau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], gáau [Cantonese, Yale], gaau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], gao² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], gau² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], gau³ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], káu [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gau` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gau³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gau² [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], gǎu [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], gō̤ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], káu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kao [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], káu [POJ, Teochew], ⁶gau; ⁵kau [Wu], gau^去; kau^去 [Wu], ³gau; ²kau [Wu], /ɡɔ²³/ [Wu], /kɔ³⁴/ [Wu], gau³ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], /*kruːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 搞
  1. to do (usually bad things)
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-4a7~HuB8
  2. to work in; to be engaged in
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-Db-qEuDR Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 3 17 15 12 4 25 24
  3. to make; to produce
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-2v~8vT58 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 3 17 15 12 4 25 24
  4. to manage; to take care of
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-Tup7aU~z Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 3 17 15 12 4 25 24 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 6 52 4 21 7
  5. to get; to get hold of
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-82wKFONN
  6. to set up; to organize
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-ED7OXv30 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 3 17 15 12 4 25 24
  7. (slang) to have sex; to fuck Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-搞-zh-character-BuW~2~aN Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 3 17 15 12 4 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: , (zuò), (Wenzhounese), 妆 (1tsaan) (Wenzhounese), , , 整治 (zhěngzhì), [Teochew], [Hokkien], [Hokkien], (bàn), (bàn) Derived forms: 怎麼搞的, 怎么搞的, 搞七捻三, 搞三搞四 (gǎosāngǎosì), 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo), 搞不懂, 搞丟, 搞丢, 搞亂 (gǎoluàn), 搞乱 (gǎoluàn), 搞出人命 (gǎo chū rénmìng), 搞妥, 搞定 (gǎodìng), 搞心態 (gǎo xīntài), 搞心态 (gǎo xīntài), 搞怪, 搞懂, 搞掂, 搞活 (gǎohuó), 搞砸 (gǎozá), 搞破鞋, 搞笑 (gǎoxiào), 搞衛生, 搞卫生, 搞頭 (gǎotou), 搞头 (gǎotou), 搞飛機, 搞飞机, 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ), 瞎搞, 胡搞 (húgǎo)

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    {
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      "word": "怎麼搞的"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "怎么搞的"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞七捻三"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎosāngǎosì",
      "word": "搞三搞四"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎobùhǎo",
      "word": "搞不好"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞不懂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞丟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞丢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎoluàn",
      "word": "搞亂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎoluàn",
      "word": "搞乱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎo chū rénmìng",
      "word": "搞出人命"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞妥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎodìng",
      "word": "搞定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎo xīntài",
      "word": "搞心態"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎo xīntài",
      "word": "搞心态"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞怪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞懂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞掂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎohuó",
      "word": "搞活"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎozá",
      "word": "搞砸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞破鞋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎoxiào",
      "word": "搞笑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞衛生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞卫生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎotou",
      "word": "搞頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎotou",
      "word": "搞头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞飛機"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搞飞机"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǎoguǐ",
      "word": "搞鬼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "瞎搞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "húgǎo",
      "word": "胡搞"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "搞",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "你搞咩呀! [Cantonese] ― nei⁵ gaau² me¹ aa³! [Jyutping] ― What are you doing!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "don't mess around behind me! (or: don't mess with my rear!)",
          "ref": "唔好搞我後面! [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "唔好搞我后面! [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ohQAy9db4s&t=2m30s\nm⁴ hou² gaau² ngo⁵ hau⁶ min⁶! [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do (usually bad things)"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-4a7~HuB8",
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 15 12 4 25 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to work in; to be engaged in"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-Db-qEuDR",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "engaged",
          "engaged"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 15 12 4 25 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make; to produce"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-2v~8vT58",
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 15 12 4 25 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 6 52 4 21 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to manage; to take care of"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-Tup7aU~z",
      "links": [
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "take care",
          "take care"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get; to get hold of"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-82wKFONN",
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 15 12 4 25 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to set up; to organize"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-ED7OXv30",
      "links": [
        [
          "set up",
          "set up"
        ],
        [
          "organize",
          "organize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 17 15 12 4 25 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have sex; to fuck"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞-zh-character-BuW~2~aN",
      "links": [
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ],
        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to have sex; to fuck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gǎu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gō̤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶gau; ⁵kau"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gáau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶gau; ⁵kau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau^去; kau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³gau; ²kau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɡɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒu̯⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kruːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒu̯⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kruːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "作"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zuò",
      "word": "做"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Wenzhounese",
      "word": "妝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Wenzhounese",
      "word": "妆 (1tsaan)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "幹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "干"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhěngzhì",
      "word": "整治"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "變"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "变"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bàn",
      "word": "辦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bàn",
      "word": "办"
    }
  ],
  "word": "搞"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Northern Min verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "怎麼搞的"
    },
    {
      "word": "怎么搞的"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞七捻三"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎosāngǎosì",
      "word": "搞三搞四"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎobùhǎo",
      "word": "搞不好"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞不懂"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞丟"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞丢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎoluàn",
      "word": "搞亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎoluàn",
      "word": "搞乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎo chū rénmìng",
      "word": "搞出人命"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞妥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎodìng",
      "word": "搞定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎo xīntài",
      "word": "搞心態"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎo xīntài",
      "word": "搞心态"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞怪"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞懂"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞掂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎohuó",
      "word": "搞活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎozá",
      "word": "搞砸"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞破鞋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎoxiào",
      "word": "搞笑"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞衛生"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞卫生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎotou",
      "word": "搞頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎotou",
      "word": "搞头"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞飛機"
    },
    {
      "word": "搞飞机"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎoguǐ",
      "word": "搞鬼"
    },
    {
      "word": "瞎搞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "húgǎo",
      "word": "胡搞"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "搞",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "你搞咩呀! [Cantonese] ― nei⁵ gaau² me¹ aa³! [Jyutping] ― What are you doing!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "don't mess around behind me! (or: don't mess with my rear!)",
          "ref": "唔好搞我後面! [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "唔好搞我后面! [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ohQAy9db4s&t=2m30s\nm⁴ hou² gaau² ngo⁵ hau⁶ min⁶! [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do (usually bad things)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to work in; to be engaged in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "engaged",
          "engaged"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make; to produce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to manage; to take care of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "take care",
          "take care"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get; to get hold of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to set up; to organize"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set up",
          "set up"
        ],
        [
          "organize",
          "organize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have sex; to fuck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ],
        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to have sex; to fuck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gǎu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gō̤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶gau; ⁵kau"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "гао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gáau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gǎu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶gau; ⁵kau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau^去; kau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³gau; ²kau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gau³"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɒu̯⁴¹/",
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        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kruːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kau²¹³/"
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      "ipa": "/kau̯³¹/"
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      "ipa": "/kau³¹/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kau²¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ko³³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵⁵⁴/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kau⁵²/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒu̯⁴¹/"
    },
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      "other": "/*kruːʔ/"
    }
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      "word": "作"
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      "roman": "zuò",
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    },
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      "roman": "Wenzhounese",
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    },
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      "roman": "Wenzhounese",
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    },
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      "word": "幹"
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    {
      "word": "干"
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      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "变"
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    {
      "roman": "bàn",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "bàn",
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    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.