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zāo

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zāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zāo | zao1
English translation
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
classifier for events: time, turn, incident
to meet, to encounter, to come across

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About zāo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zāo

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of zāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶曹

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

cáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and cáo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zāo

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数百 shù bǎi míng 无辜 wúgū 平民 píng mín zāo 残杀 cán shā .

Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.

这个 zhè ge xiàn 遭到 zāo dào 暴风雨 bào fēng yǔ zuì měng liè de 侵袭 qīn xí .

This county felt the full fury of the storm.

战争 zhànzhēng 期间 qījiān 孩子 háizi men 遭受 zāoshòu 缺乏 quēfá 食物 shíwù zhī .

During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food.

而且 érqiě , zài 去年 qùnián de 经济 jīngjì 衰退 shuāituì Zhōng , Dōng 遭受 zāoshòu de 打击 dǎjī jiào qīng .

And last year's downturn was softer in the east.

" 杰斯遭人 hèn shì 活该 huógāi ya -- zài 这块地方 dìfāng , zài Bié xiǎng 有人 yǒu rén yǐn 布道 bù dào le .

" Well , Burgess deserves it -- he will never get another congregation here.

Words with zāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zāo to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) zāo
遭到 zāo dào to suffer遭到 zāo dào
遭遇 zāoyù to meet with遭遇 zāoyù
遭受 zāoshòu to suffer遭受 zāoshòu
惨遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc)慘遭
遭殃 zāoyāng to suffer a calamity遭殃 zāoyāng
免遭 miǎn zāo spared免遭 miǎn zāo
周遭 zhōu zāo nearby周遭 zhōu zāo
屡遭 lǚ zāo to suffer repeatedly屢遭
遭罪 zāo zuì to endure遭罪 zāo zuì
遭难 zāo nàn to run into misfortune遭難
遭逢 zāo féng to encounter (sth unpleasant)遭逢 zāo féng
遭瘟 zāo wēn to suffer from a plague遭瘟 zāo wēn

zāo Decomposition & Compounds

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zāo Decomposition

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