胡搞

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to do; to make; to go in for to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
trad. (胡搞)		胡	搞
simp. #(胡搞)		胡	搞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húgǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ gaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húgǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húgǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-kao³
    • Yale: hú-gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwugao
    • Palladius: хугао (xugao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ gaau²
    • Yale: wùh gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kaːu̯³⁵/

Verb

胡搞

1. (colloquial) to mess around
2. (colloquial) to sleep around; to have an affair

Synonyms

• (to fool around): 亂搞／乱搞 (luàngǎo); (Xiang) 亂搞一百幾／乱搞一百几, 亂搞一百六／乱搞一百六, 亂搞三千／乱搞三千