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 stabilize; 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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-tēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎodìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎodìng
    • Wade–Giles: kao³-ting⁴
    • Yale: gǎu-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaodinq
    • Palladius: гаодин (gaodin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² ding⁶
    • Yale: gáau dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: káu-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'deng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

搞定

1. to settle a matter; to solve a problem