搞
gǎo HSK5

to do, take care of

搞 gǎo
to cause verb
to cause a specific result or state. Often used before a result-describing word, meaning to make something clear, messy, or ruined.

你快把她搞疯了。

nǐ kuài bǎ tā gǎo fēng le.

You are driving her crazy.

to do verb
to do; to carry out; to manage; to go in for. Use this word as a versatile verb for doing a task, engaging in an activity, or working in a profession.

我现在搞街头艺术。

wǒ xiàn​zài gǎo jiē​tóu yì​shù.

I do street art now.

不要试图一下子就全部搞懂。

bù​yào shì​tú yī​xià​zi jiù quán​bù gǎo dǒng.

Do not try to understand everything at once.

to get verb
to get hold of; to set up; to find a way to obtain something, such as tickets or information.

你搞到地址没？

nǐ gǎo dào dì​zhǐ méi?

Did you get the address?

to have sex
(slang) to have sex with.

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,146th most common 125.4 per million
Movie subtitles
376th most common 397.1 per million appears in 80% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
544.4 per million appears in 80% of films
Written text
221.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+641E

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)