搞砸 meaning in English

gǎozá

to mess (sth) up; to foul up

23 strokes

Meaning of 搞砸

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gǎozá
  1. to mess (sth) up
  2. to foul up
  3. to spoil

搞砸 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

做zuò事shì千qiān万wàn别bié过guò于yú急jí切qiè,把bǎ事shì情qíng搞gǎo砸zá了le。
Never rush, or you risk doing things wrong.
我wǒ搞gǎo砸zá了le第dì一yí个gè音yīn符fú。
I screwed up the very first note.
我wǒ们men已yǐ经jīng花huā了le五wǔ个gè月yuè的de心xīn血xuè在zài这zhè上shàng面miàn了le。别bié这zhè时shí候hòu搞gǎo砸zá了le。
We've been working on this for five months. Don't fuck it up now.

Stroke order for each character

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搞 gǎo · to do · 13 strokes

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砸 zá · to smash · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 搞砸.

搞好gǎohǎoto do well at; to do a good job
搞笑gǎoxiàoto get people to laugh; funny
搞鬼gǎoguǐto make mischief; to play tricks
搞定gǎodìngto fix; to settle
搞错gǎocuòmistake; to make a mistake
搞不懂gǎobudǒngunable to make sense of (sth)
搞不好gǎobuhǎo(coll.) maybe; perhaps
乱搞luàngǎoto make a mess; to mess with
难搞nángǎohard to deal with; hard to get along with
搞混gǎohùnto confuse; to muddle
搞乱gǎoluànto mess up; to mismanage
搞掂gǎodiānto get sth done; to sort sth out (from Cantonese)

Questions about 搞砸

What does 搞砸 mean?

搞砸 (gǎozá) means "to mess (sth) up; to foul up".

How do you write 搞砸?

搞砸 is made of 2 characters: 搞 (13 strokes), 砸 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.