搞定

Chinese

		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	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order
simp. and trad. (搞定)		搞	定

Etymology

From Cantonese 搞掂 (gaau2 dim6). Mandarin lacks the -m final in Cantonese (as in 掂 (diān)), and renders it as -ŋ: 定 (dìng, “to determine, to settle”) instead.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎodìng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² ding⁶
Min Nan (POJ): káu-tēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǎodìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaodinq
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² ding⁶
  - Yale: gáau dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² ding⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² ding⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /käːu̯³⁵ tɪŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: káu-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'deng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

搞定

to settle a matter; to solve a problem

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