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糟 zāo

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糟 zāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zāo | zao1
English translation
dregs
draff
pickled in wine
rotten
messy
ruined
sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil

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About 糟 zāo

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

糟 zāo

Contains the radical

米 Mǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

grain

Etymology of 糟 zāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰米曹

Semantic compound

米 Mǐ

Phonetic compound

曹 cáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 米 Mǐ represents the meaning and 曹 cáo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 糟 zāo

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孩子 háizi 们 men 把 bǎ 照片 zhàopiàn 全都 quán dōu 翻得乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo .

The kids have muddled up all the photos.

她 tā 越 Yuè 是 shì 考虑 kǎolǜ 自己 zìjǐ 的 de 状况 zhuàngkuàng , 感觉 gǎnjué 越 Yuè 糟 zāo .

The more she thought about her conditions, the worse she felt.

谁 shuí 在 zài 乱动 luàn dòng 我 wǒ 的 de 手稿 shǒu gǎo ? 全 Quán 给 gěi 弄 lòng 得 dé 乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo 的 de .

Who's pissing about with my manuscript? They're all out of order.

如果 rúguǒ 不 bù 是 shì 如此 rú cǐ , 而且 érqiě 可能 kěnéng 你 nǐ 会 huì 晕船 yùn chuán , 那 Nā 再 zài 糟糕 zāogāo 的 de 交通运输莫过于 mò guò yú 此 cǐ 了 le .

If it is not, and you are likely to get sea - sick, not form of transport could be worse.

“ 啊呀 ā yā , 糟糕 zāogāo . ” 她 tā 想 xiǎng , 她 tā 意识 yìshí 到 dào 自己 zìjǐ 把 bǎ 这个 zhè ge 惊喜 jīng xǐ 给 gěi 破坏 pòhuài 掉 diào 了 le .

'Oops, that's torn it,'she thought, as she realized she'd ruined the surprise.

Words with 糟 zāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
糟糕 zāogāo too bad糟糕 zāogāo
糟 zāo dregs糟 zāo
乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo at sixes and sevens亂七八糟
一团糟 yī tuán zāo chaos一團糟
糟蹋 zāotà to waste糟蹋 zāotà
乱糟糟 luàn zāo zāo chaotic亂糟糟
糟粕 zāo pò dross糟粕 zāo pò
酒糟 jiǔ zāo wine lees酒糟 jiǔ zāo
糟践 zāo jian to waste糟踐
醪糟 láo zāo sweet fermented rice醪糟 láo zāo
糟踏 zāo tà to waste糟踏 zāo tà
乌七八糟 wū qī bā zāo obscene烏七八糟
去其糟粕 qù qí zāo pò to remove the dross去其糟粕 qù qí zāo pò
糟糠 zāo kāng junk糟糠 zāo kāng
酒糟鼻 jiǔ zāo bí brandy nose酒糟鼻 jiǔ zāo bí
弄糟 nòng zāo to spoil弄糟 nòng zāo
污七八糟 wū qī bā zāo obscene污七八糟 wū qī bā zāo

糟 zāo Decomposition & Compounds

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糟 zāo Decomposition

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