| 1 | 搞 | 搞 | gǎo | gao3 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | | |
| 2 | 搞好 | 搞好 | gǎo hǎo | gao3 hao3 | to do well at; to do a good job | | |
| 3 | 搞活 | 搞活 | gǎo huó | gao3 huo2 | to enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize | | |
| 4 | 搞头 | 搞頭 | gǎo tou | gao3 tou5 | (coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile; cf. 有搞头 and 没搞头 | | |
| 5 | 搞砸 | 搞砸 | gǎo zá | gao3 za2 | to mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil | | |
| 6 | 搞笑片 | 搞笑片 | gǎo xiào piàn | gao3 xiao4 pian4 | comedy film; comedy; Classifiers: 部 | | |
| 7 | 搞笑 | 搞笑 | gǎo xiào | gao3 xiao4 | to get people to laugh; funny; hilarious | | |
| 8 | 搞乌龙 | 搞烏龍 | gǎo wū lóng | gao3 wu1 long2 | to mess sth up | | |
| 9 | 搞通 | 搞通 | gǎo tōng | gao3 tong1 | to make sense of sth | | |
| 10 | 搞清 | 搞清 | gǎo qīng | gao3 qing1 | Figured it out | | |
| 11 | 搞钱 | 搞錢 | gǎo qián | gao3 qian2 | to get money; to accumulate money | | |
| 12 | 搞七搞八 | 搞七搞八 | gǎo qī gǎo bā | gao3 qi1 gao3 ba1 | to annoy; to cause mischief (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 搞毛 | 搞毛 | gǎo máo | gao3 mao2 | (dialect) what are you doing?; what the hell? | | |
| 14 | 搞乱 | 搞亂 | gǎo luàn | gao3 luan4 | to mess up; to mismanage; to bungle; to confuse; to muddle | | |
| 15 | 搞基 | 搞基 | gǎo jī | gao3 ji1 | (slang) to engage in male homosexual practices | | |
| 16 | 搞混 | 搞混 | gǎo hùn | gao3 hun4 | to confuse; to muddle; to mix up | | |
| 17 | 搞花样儿 | 搞花樣兒 | gǎo huā yàng r | gao3 hua1 yang4 r5 | erhua variant of 搞花样 | | |
| 18 | 搞花样 | 搞花樣 | gǎo huā yàng | gao3 hua1 yang4 | to play tricks; to cheat; to deceive | | |
| 19 | 搞鬼 | 搞鬼 | gǎo guǐ | gao3 gui3 | to make mischief; to play tricks | | |
| 20 | 搞怪 | 搞怪 | gǎo guài | gao3 guai4 | to do sth wacky; wacky; wacky behavior | | |
| 21 | 搞定 | 搞定 | gǎo dìng | gao3 ding4 | to fix; to settle; to wangle | | |
| 22 | 搞得 | 搞得 | gǎo dé | gao3 de2 | Got it | | |
| 23 | 搞错 | 搞錯 | gǎo cuò | gao3 cuo4 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | | |
| 24 | 搞不好 | 搞不好 | gǎo bu hǎo | gao3 bu5 hao3 | (coll.) maybe; perhaps | | |
| 25 | 搞不懂 | 搞不懂 | gǎo bu dǒng | gao3 bu5 dong3 | unable to make sense of (sth) | | |