Usage note
搞表示做、弄或处理。
gǎo biǎo shì zuò 、 nòng huò chǔ lǐ。
搞 means to do, handle, or mess with.
Context note
搞常用于口语、工作和安排。
gǎo cháng yòng yú kǒu yǔ 、 gōng zuò hé ān pái。
It is often used in spoken language, work, and arrangements.
5 examples
你在搞什么？
nǐ zài gǎo shén me？
What are you doing?
我们一起把这件事搞好。
wǒ men yì qǐ bǎ zhè jiàn shì gǎo hǎo。
Let's do this well together.
他搞错了时间。
tā gǎo cuò le shí jiān。
He got the time wrong.
这个项目是她在搞。
zhè ge xiàng mù shì tā zài gǎo。
She is handling this project.
别把事情搞复杂。
bié bǎ shì qíng gǎo fù zá。
Don't make the matter complicated.
5 mini stories
他一早就在搞作业。
tā yì zǎo jiù zài gǎo zuò yè。
He was working on homework early in the morning.
大家一起把活动搞起来了。
dà jiā yì qǐ bǎ huó dòng gǎo qǐ lái le。
Everyone got the event going together.
别搞错了，今天不是周五。
bié gǎo cuò le， jīn tiān bú shì zhōu wǔ。
Don't get it wrong, today is not Friday.
老师问他在搞什么，他不好意思地笑了。
lǎo shī wèn tā zài gǎo shén me， tā bù hǎo yì si dì xiào le。
The teacher asked what he was doing, and he smiled shyly.
这个问题不难，慢慢搞就行。
zhè ge wèn tí bù nán， màn màn gǎo jiù xíng。
This problem is not hard; just handle it slowly.
Mini dialogue
做作业
A
你在搞什么？
Nǐ zài gǎo shénme?
What are you doing?
B
我在搞数学作业，有点难。
Wǒ zài gǎo shùxué zuòyè, yǒudiǎn nán.
I'm doing my math homework, it's a bit hard.
搞卫生
A
妈妈让我搞卫生。
Māma ràng wǒ gǎo wèishēng.
Mom asked me to do the cleaning.
B
我们一起搞吧，这样快一点。
Wǒmen yīqǐ gǎo ba, zhèyàng kuài yīdiǎn.
Let's do it together, it'll be faster.
Related words and contrasts
similar
做
zuò
do
general verb for do
similar
弄
nòng
handle
colloquial synonym
related
办
bàn
handle
to manage or handle