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  gaau2   jyutping
  gao3   pinyin
[1] carry on; engaged in; practise
[2] set up; start; organize
[3] incite; stir up; scheme
[4] seek; secure; obtain
[5] make (sb) suffer; fix (sb)

verb
Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 16030 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  gaau2 sing4 gam2   = do (sth) until it turned out like this
detail  gaau2 gwai2  gao3 gui3 = play tricks
detail  gaau2 zok3   = action, movement
detail  gaau2 dim6   = to get sth. done
detail  gaau2 ding6  gao3 ding4 = to finish a job
detail  gaau2 co3  gao3 cuo4 = mistaken; do sth. wrong [Var.] 攪錯
detail  jau5 mou5 gaau2 co3   = are you kidding me?
detail  gaau2 gaau2 zan3  gao3 gao3 zhen4 = to horse around
detail  gaau2 siu3  gao3 xiao4 = funny; amuse
detail  gaau2 mat1 gwai2  gao3 mie1 gui3 = what the heck are you doing?
See all 48 compounds (CantoDict reports 49 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 搞
detail audio 假期搞作
What are your plans for the holidays?
detail 做乜搞成噉
What were you thinking?
[Lit. do what make complete thus [particle]? This is an idiomatic expression that does not take well to direct translation.]
detail 辦公室細路搞到立立亂
The office was turned upside-down by the kids.
[[parsing] (classifier) office by (plural classifier) kids make (extent particle) chaotic http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128766 ]
detail !
I can't be bothered!
[[synonym] 唔使預我, 我唔得閒 http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,117987]
detail 喺度搞乜鬼
What the heck is he/she doing here (or right now)?
detail audio 唔好爛gag!
Stop making crappy jokes.
detail 搞不好故意
He may have done it intentionally.
detail audio 真係棘手
You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.
detail 無厘頭搞笑
The movie is nonsensical but funny.
detail 經常遲到搞到老闆高興
He is always late, which makes his boss very upset.
[Cantonese grammar does not need a relative pronoun (which) to introduce a subordinate clause.]
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