搞砸

gǎozá

verb

Meanings

1 to mess up
2 to botch
3 to screw up

Characters

to do; to handle

to fail; to be ruined

Examples

HSK 3

我把考试搞砸了。

Wǒ bǎ kǎoshì gǎozá le.

I messed up the exam.

HSK 4

这么简单的事都能搞砸，你到底在想什么？

Zhème jiǎndān de shì dōu néng gǎozá, nǐ dàodǐ zài xiǎng shénme?

How can you mess up something this simple? What were you thinking?

Tips

usage

搞砸 is 搞 "to do" with the result 砸 "smashed": the job got done and broke. The opposite is 搞定 "to get it sorted". 弄砸 and 办砸 mean the same.

Stroke Order

搞 gǎo

砸 zá