搞清楚

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	clear; lucid; clear clear; lucid; clear; unambiguous
trad. (搞清楚)		搞	清楚
simp. #(搞清楚)		搞	清楚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo qīngchu, gǎo qīngchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ˙ㄔㄨ, ㄍㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² cing¹ co²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo qīngchu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ˙ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo cingchů
    • Wade–Giles: kao³ chʻing¹-chʻu⁵
    • Yale: gǎu chīng-chu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao ching.chu
    • Palladius: гао цинчу (gao cinču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo qīngchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo cingchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kao³ chʻing¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: gǎu chīng-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao chingchuu
    • Palladius: гао цинчу (gao cinču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² cing¹ co²
    • Yale: gáau chīng chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² tsing¹ tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² qing¹ co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

Verb

搞⫽清楚 (verb-object)

1. to make clear; to figure out; to clarify

   凡事要先搞清楚性質才不至於出錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   凡事要先搞清楚性质才不至于出错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fánshì yào xiān gǎo qīngchǔ xìngzhì cái bùzhìyú chūcuò. [Pinyin]

   An understanding of the nature of things is needed to avoid making mistakes.

Synonyms

• 廓清 (kuòqīng)
• 弄清 (nòngqīng)
• 弄清楚
• 推求 (tuīqiú)
• 搞清 (gǎoqīng)
• 明確／明确 (míngquè)
• 查明 (chámíng)
• 澄清
• 理清 (lǐqīng)
• 究明 (jiūmíng) (literary)