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Meaning

manuscript; draft; stalk of grain

Chinese: 稿件、草稿。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “gao” becomes a different word in each tone. 稿 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 稿子gǎo zidraft of a document; script; manuscript; mental plan
  • 稿件gǎo jiànpiece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article
  • 投稿tóu gǎoto submit articles for publication; to contribute (writing)
  • 发稿fā gǎo(of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer; (of a journalist) to send a dispatch
  • 起稿qǐ gǎoto make a draft; to draft (a document)

Example Sentence

他认真地修改着自己的文章稿子。Tā rèn zhēn de xiū gǎi zhe zì jǐ de wén zhāng gǎo zi.He is carefully revising the draft of his article.

he认真rèn zhēnconscientiousde(adverb marker)修改xiū gǎito amendzhe(ongoing action)自己zì jǐoneselfdeof文章wén zhāngarticle稿子gǎo zidraft of a document