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zāo

sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil

🔤 Pictophonetic: 米 (grain) provides meaning, 曹 provides pronunciation
HSK 5 17 strokes Common (19%)

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⿰米曹 i

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Component Tree i

rice, millet, grain
📷 Pictographic: Grains of rice
6 strokes HSK 1
cáo
ministers, officials; a company; surname
11 strokes

Words Using 糟 (22)

zāogāo
糟糕
HSK 5
too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad
zāotà
糟蹋
HSK 6
to waste / to defile / to abuse / to insult / to defile / to trample on / to wreck / also pr. <zāota>
zāo
dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined
zāole
糟了
gosh! / oh no! / darn!
zāotòu
糟透
in a bad state / horrible / dreadful / entirely regrettable
nòngzāo
弄糟
to spoil / to mess up
wūqībāzāo
乌七八糟
everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy
nǎngzāo
馕糟
to stuff oneself with forage / forage eating livestock
zāoliūhuángyú
糟溜黄鱼
stir-fried yellow fish filet
zāoliūhuángyúpiàn
糟溜黄鱼片
stir-fried yellow fish filet
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