稿 (gǎo) means Draft (manuscript). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
剧本已经改了七 稿 。
Jùběn yǐjīng gǎi le qī gǎo.
The script has already been through seven drafts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 剧本
编辑正在审阅这批 稿 件。
Biānjí zhèngzài shěnyuè zhè pī gǎojiàn.
The editor is reviewing this batch of manuscripts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稿件
稿 件必须在月底前交上来。
Gǎojiàn bìxū zài yuèdǐ qián jiāo shànglái.
Manuscripts must be handed in before the end of the month.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稿件
他申请把交 稿 时间延期一周。
Tā shēnqǐng bǎ jiāo gǎo shíjiān yán qī yì zhōu.
He asked to put the submission deadline back a week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 延期
幸好我做了备份，不然 稿 子就全丢了。
Xìnghǎo wǒ zuò le bèifèn, bùrán gǎozi jiù quán diū le.
Luckily I had made a backup, or the whole draft would have been lost.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 备份
Reading these is one thing; producing 稿 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
我准备了两个星期的 稿 子，第一句话就说反了。
wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī de / dì gǎozi, dìyī jù huà jiù shuō fǎn le / liǎo / liào.
I'd prepared the script for two weeks, and I got the very first sentence backwards.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Words that contain 稿
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 稿
How is 稿 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 稿 (gǎo, "Draft (manuscript)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 稿 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 稿 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 稿?
The dictionary page for 稿 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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