Meaning
a time; incident; meet by chance; turn
Chinese: 遭遇、遭受;也作量词,表示一次、一回。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zao” becomes a different word in each tone. 遭 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 遭到zāo dàoto suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- 遭遇zāo yùto meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- 遭受zāo shòuto suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
- 遭殃zāo yāngto suffer a calamity
- 遭重zāo zhòng(slang) to suffer serious consequences or harm
Example Sentence
这次旅行中他们遭遇了一场大雨。Zhè cì lǚ xíng zhōng tā men zāo yù le yì chǎng dà yǔ.On this trip they ran into a heavy rain.
这Zhèthis次cìnext in sequence旅行lǚ xíngto travel中zhōngmiddle他们tā menthey遭遇zāo yùan experience (esp. advers了le(completed action)一yìone场chǎngthreshing floor大雨dà yǔheavy rain。