| 稿 | [ gaǒ ] manuscript, draft, stalk of grain |
| 稿件 | [ gaǒ jiàn ] piece of writing submitted for publication, manuscript, article |
| 稿子 | [ gaǒ zi ] draft of a document, script, manuscript, mental plan, precedent |
| 稿本 | [ gaǒ běn ] manuscript (of a book etc), sketch (of a design etc) |
| 稿紙 | [ gaǒ zhǐ ] draft paper |
| 稿費 | [ gaǒ feì ] author's remuneration, CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 稿酬 | [ gaǒ choú ] fee paid to an author for a piece of writing |
| ⇒ 修改稿 | [ xiū gaǐ gaǒ ] revised draft, new version (of a document) |
| ⇒ 初稿 | [ chū gaǒ ] first draft (of writing) |
| ⇒ 原稿 | [ yuán gaǒ ] manuscript, original copy |
| ⇒ 審稿人 | [ shěn gaǒ rén ] reviewer (of a paper) |
| ⇒ 徵稿 | [ zhēng gaǒ ] to solicit contributions (to a publication) |
| ⇒ 截稿 | [ jié gaǒ ] (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles |
| ⇒ 手稿 | [ shoǔ gaǒ ] manuscript, script |
| ⇒ 打印稿 | [ dǎ yìn gaǒ ] printout, hard copy |
| ⇒ 打稿子 | [ dǎ gaǒ zi ] to produce a draft manuscript |
| ⇒ 投稿 | [ toú gaǒ ] to submit articles for publication, to contribute (writing) |
| ⇒ 拙稿 | [ zhuō gaǒ ] my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.), my humble writing |
| ⇒ 撰稿 | [ zhuàn gaǒ ] to write (an article for publication) |
| ⇒ 撰稿人 | [ zhuàn gaǒ rén ] author (of a manuscript) |
| ⇒ 擬稿 | [ nǐ gaǒ ] to draft (a statement) |
| ⇒ 改稿 | [ gaǐ gaǒ ] to revise a manuscript |
| ⇒ 文稿 | [ wén gaǒ ] manuscript, article (in newspaper), draft |
| ⇒ 新聞稿 | [ xīn wén gaǒ ] press release |
| ⇒ 書稿 | [ shū gaǒ ] manuscript of a book |
| ⇒ 洗稿 | [ xǐ gaǒ ] to modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection (neologism c. 2014, formed by analogy with 洗錢|洗钱[xi3 qian2], to launder money) |
| ⇒ 清史稿 | [ qīng shǐ gaǒ ] Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[Zhao4 Er3 xun4] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls |
| ⇒ 演示文稿 | [ yǎn shì wén gaǒ ] (PPT etc) presentation |
| ⇒ 畫稿 | [ huà gaǒ ] rough sketch (of a painting), (of an official) to approve a document by signing it |
| ⇒ 發稿 | [ fā gaǒ ] (of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer, (of a journalist) to send a dispatch |
| ⇒ 脫稿 | [ tuō gaǒ ] to complete a draft, to put out a manuscript |
| ⇒ 腹稿 | [ fù gaǒ ] mental outline |
| ⇒ 草稿 | [ caǒ gaǒ ] draft, outline, sketch |
| ⇒ 詩稿 | [ shī gaǒ ] verse manuscript |
| ⇒ 起稿 | [ qǐ gaǒ ] to make a draft, to draft (a document) |
| ⇒ 遺稿 | [ yí gaǒ ] surviving manuscript, bequeathed draft (of book) |
| ⇒ 順稿 | [ shùn gaǒ ] to edit a text for readability |