| 搞 | gǎo | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of |
| 搞好 | gǎo hǎo | to do well at; to do a good job |
| 搞活 | gǎo huó | to enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize |
| 搞鬼 | gǎo guǐ | to make mischief; to play tricks in secret |
| 乱搞 | luàn gǎo | to make a mess; to mess with; to be wild; to sleep around; to jump into bed |
| 乱搞男女关系 | luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì | to be promiscuous; to sleep around |
| 怎么搞的 | zěn me gǎo de | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? |
| 恶搞 | è gǎo | a spoof (web based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) |
| 恶搞文化 | è gǎo wén huà | spoofing culture (web based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) |
| 抉搞 | jué gǎo | to choose; to expose and censure |
| 搞乱 | gǎo luàn | to mess up; to mismanage; to bungle; to confuse; to muddle |
| 搞定 | gǎo dìng | to fix; to settle; to wangle |
| 搞怪 | gǎo guài | to do something wacky; wacky; wacky behaviour |
| 搞混 | gǎo hùn | to confuse; to muddle; to mix up |
| 搞乌龙 | gǎo wū lóng | to mess something up; see also 乌龙球 |
| 搞笑 | gǎo xiào | funny; hilarious |
| 搞笑片 | gǎo xiào piàn | comedy film; comedy; CL: 部 |
| 搞花样 | gǎo huā yàng | to play tricks; to cheat; to deceive |
| 搞花样儿 | gǎo huā yàngr | erhua variant of 搞花样 |
| 搞通 | gǎo tōng | to make sense of sth |
| 搞钱 | gǎo qián | to get money; to accumulate money |
| 搞错 | gǎo cuò | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken |
| 胡搞 | hú gǎo | to mess around; to mess with something; to have an affair |
