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糟
zāo
1. dregs
2. draff
3. pickled in wine
4. rotten
5. messy
6. ruined
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

糟
zāo
sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
HSK 5 17 丶

Compound Words (20)

弄糟
nòngzāo
to spoil
糟了
zāole
gosh!
糟粕
zāopò
dross
糟糕
zāogāo
too bad
HSK 5
糟糠
zāokāng
chaff
糟踏
zāotà
variant of [[糟蹋<zāotà>]]
糟践
zāojian
to waste
糟蹋
zāotà
to waste
HSK 6
糟透
zāotòu
in a bad state
酒糟
jiǔzāo
distiller's grain
醪糟
láozāo
sweet fermented rice
馕糟
nǎngzāo
to stuff oneself with forage
一团糟
yītuánzāo
chaos
乱糟糟
luànzāozāo
chaotic
酒糟鼻
jiǔzāobí
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose)
乱七八糟
luànqībāzāo
everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
去其糟粕
qùqízāopò
to remove the dross
污七八糟
wūqībāzāo
variant of [[烏七八糟|乌七八糟<wūqībāzāo>]]
乌七八糟
wūqībāzāo
everything in disorder (idiom)
糟溜黄鱼
zāoliūhuángyú
stir-fried yellow fish filet

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,917
Word Frequency Rank
1,151 of 84,292

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