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遭
zāo
1. to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
2. classifier for events: time, turn, incident
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

遭
zāo
to meet, to encounter, to come across
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (17)

遭难
zāonàn
to run into misfortune
周遭
zhōuzāo
surrounding
遭罪
zāozuì
to endure
遭逢
zāoféng
to encounter (sth unpleasant)
遭遇
zāoyù
to meet with
HSK 6
免遭
miǎnzāo
to avoid suffering
屡遭
lǚzāo
to suffer repeatedly
惨遭
cǎnzāo
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
遭到
zāodào
to suffer
遭受
zāoshòu
to suffer
HSK 6
遭拒
zāojù
to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa)
遭殃
zāoyāng
to suffer a calamity
HSK 6
遭瘟
zāowēn
to suffer from a plague
惨遭不幸
cǎnzāobùxìng
to meet with disaster
屡遭不测
lǚzāobùcè
beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
破屋又遭连夜雨
pòwūyòuzāoliányèyǔ
see [[屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨<wūlòupiānféngliányèyǔ>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,047
Word Frequency Rank
3,681 of 84,292

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