Chinese word

搞好

Pronunciation

Pinyingǎo hǎo

Meaning

  • verbtidy up

Example

请把房间搞好。qǐng bǎ fáng jiān gáo hǎo

Please tidy up the room.

Illustration for 搞好 (tidy up)

More examples

他花了两天时间把项目搞好。tā huā le liǎng tiān shí jiān bǎ xiàng mù gáo hǎo

He spent two days making sure the project was done well.

Core concept

Putting effort into something makes it orderly, functional, or satisfactory.

Common phrases

  • 搞好关系gáo hǎo guān xì

    build good relations

  • 把事情搞好bǎ shì qíng gáo hǎo

    get things done well

  • 把工作搞好bǎ gōng zuò gáo hǎo

    do the work properly

Similar words

收拾shōu shí: Clears away scattered things and restores a place to a usable state.
整理zhéng lǐ: Sorts and arranges things or information so they are easy to find and use.
改善gǎi shàn: Fixes problems or shortcomings in an existing situation to make it better.
处理chú lǐ: Handles a matter or problem in a suitable way until it is resolved or finished.

Definition in Chinese

通过具体的操作、收拾或处理，使事物达到可以正常使用或让人满意的状态，常用于日常口语。tōng guò jù tǐ de cāo zuò shōu shí huò chú lǐ shǐ shì wù dá dào ké yǐ zhèng cháng shǐ yòng huò ràng rén mǎn yì de zhuàng tài cháng yòng yú rì cháng kóu yǔ

Word origin

搞 (gǎo, "work on or deal with") and 好 (hǎo, "good") form a result-focused compound in which dealing with something leads to a good condition.

Usage tips

  • English often separates arranging a space from completing a task, but this everyday Chinese verb covers both when the focus is a satisfactory result.

Other meanings

  • do wellverb

Opposites

  • 搞砸gǎo záruinverb
  • 弄糟nòng zāoruinverb

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