搞
鬼

To make mischief in Chinese: 搞鬼 (gǎo guǐ)

gǎo guǐ

to make mischief

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to make mischief
  2. 2to play tricks

Stroke order

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搞
鬼

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄍㄠˇ

gǎo

ㄍ/ gㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄍㄨㄟˇ

guǐ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 一定是有人在背后搞鬼。

    yí dìng shì yǒu rén zài bèi hòu gǎo guǐ。

    Someone must be playing tricks behind the scenes.

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Related words

搞

gǎo

to do

鬼

guǐ

disembodied spirit

搞好

gǎo hǎo

to do well at

酒鬼

jiǔ guǐ

drunkard

搞笑

gǎo xiào

to get people to laugh

魔鬼

mó guǐ

devil

胆小鬼

dǎn xiǎo guǐ

coward

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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