| 1 | 稿 | 稾 | gǎo | gao3 | manuscript; draft; stalk of grain; variant of 稿 | | |
| 2 | 稿子 | 稿子 | gǎo zi | gao3 zi5 | draft of a document; script; manuscript; mental plan; precedent | | |
| 3 | 稿件 | 稿件 | gǎo jiàn | gao3 jian4 | piece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article | | |
| 4 | 洗稿 | 洗稿 | xǐ gǎo | xi3 gao3 | to modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection (neologism c. 2014, formed by analogy with 洗钱 , to launder money) | | |
| 5 | 截稿 | 截稿 | jié gǎo | jie2 gao3 | (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles | | |
| 6 | 草稿 | 草稿 | cǎo gǎo | cao3 gao3 | draft; outline; sketch | | |
| 7 | 脱稿 | 脫稿 | tuō gǎo | tuo1 gao3 | to complete a draft; to put out a manuscript | | |
| 8 | 投稿 | 投稿 | tóu gǎo | tou2 gao3 | to submit articles for publication; to contribute (writing) | | |
| 9 | 书稿 | 書稿 | shū gǎo | shu1 gao3 | manuscript of a book | | |
| 10 | 拙稿 | 拙稿 | zhuō gǎo | zhuo1 gao3 | my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing | | |
| 11 | 诗稿 | 詩稿 | shī gǎo | shi1 gao3 | verse manuscript | | |
| 12 | 审稿人 | 審稿人 | shěn gǎo rén | shen3 gao3 ren2 | reviewer (of a paper) | | |
| 13 | 清史稿 | 清史稿 | qīng shǐ gǎo | Qing1 shi3 gao3 | Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls | | |
| 14 | 起稿 | 起稿 | qǐ gǎo | qi3 gao3 | to make a draft; to draft (a document) | | |
| 15 | 拟稿 | 擬稿 | nǐ gǎo | ni3 gao3 | to draft (a statement) | | |
| 16 | 发稿时 | 發稿時 | fā gǎo shí | fa1 gao3 shi2 | time of publication; at the time of going to press | | |
| 17 | 画稿 | 畫稿 | huà gǎo | hua4 gao3 | rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it | | |
| 18 | 初稿 | 初稿 | chū gǎo | chu1 gao3 | first draft (of writing) | | |
| 19 | 稿纸 | 稿紙 | gǎo zhǐ | gao3 zhi3 | draft paper | | |
| 20 | 打稿子 | 打稿子 | dǎ gǎo zi | da3 gao3 zi5 | to produce a draft manuscript | | |
| 21 | 稿费 | 稿費 | gǎo fèi | gao3 fei4 | author's remuneration; Classifiers: 笔 | | |
| 22 | 稿酬 | 稿酬 | gǎo chóu | gao3 chou2 | fee paid to an author for a piece of writing | | |
| 23 | 稿本 | 稿本 | gǎo běn | gao3 ben3 | manuscript (of a book etc); sketch (of a design etc) | | |
| 24 | 发稿 | 發稿 | fā gǎo | fa1 gao3 | (of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer; (of a journalist) to send a dispatch | | |
| 25 | 改稿 | 改稿 | gǎi gǎo | gai3 gao3 | to revise a manuscript | | |