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遭

zāo

HSK 6 Character

What 遭 means

1. to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune)
2. classifier for events: time, turn, incident

Example sentences

• 树高遭雷击。
  The taller the tree, the more likely it is to be struck by lightning.
• 一大笔钱遭窃。
  A large sum of money was stolen.
• 汤姆遭遇了诈骗。
  Tom got catfished.
• 他的房子遭到雷击。
  Tā de fángzi zāodào léijī.
  His house was struck by lightning.
• 这棵大树遭到雷击。
  Zhè kē Dàshù zāodào léijī.
  The big tree was struck by lightning.
• 很抱歉让你遭这罪。
  I'm sorry to put you through that.

Words starting with 遭

• 遭遇zāo yùto meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
• 遭受zāo shòuto suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
• 遭殃zāo yāngto suffer a calamity
• 遭到zāo dàoto suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
• 遭罪zāo zuìto endure hardship; to suffer
• 遭重zāo zhòng(slang) to suffer serious consequences or harm
• 遭际zāo jì(literary) fortunes and misfortunes; experiences in life
• 遭难zāo nànto run into misfortune
• 遭遇战zāo yù zhàn(military) encounter; skirmish
• 遭拒zāo jùto meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected
• 遭逢zāo féngto encounter (sth unpleasant)
• 遭瘟zāo wēnto suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him!

Words containing 遭

• 惨遭cǎn zāoto suffer (defeat, death etc)
• 周遭zhōu zāosurrounding; nearby
• 免遭miǎn zāoto avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
• 惨遭不幸cǎn zāo bù xìngto meet with disaster; to die tragically
• 屡遭lǚ zāoto suffer repeatedly
• 破题儿第一遭pò tí r dì yī zāo(colloquial) one's first time ever experiencing sth (esp. sth notable or unusual)
• 屋漏更遭连夜雨wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔwhen it rains, it pours (idiom)
• 破屋又遭连夜雨pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔsee 屋漏偏逢连夜雨

Characters built on 曹

These share the phonetic component 曹 (cáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 嘈cáobustling; tumultuous; noisy
• 漕cáoto transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal
• 螬cáoused in 蛴螬
• 蹧zāosee 蹧蹋
• 艚cáoseagoing junk

Characters that look like 遭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 暹xiānsunrise
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 漕cáoto transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal

Sounds the same

Read zāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糟dregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 傮finish, to go around
• 蹧see 蹧蹋