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遭

zāo

come across, meet with, encounter

Shadow
Strokes
14
Radical
辵
HSK
6
Tone
1

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 日本非常容易遭受到地震。

    Rì běn fēi cháng róng yì zāo shòu dào dì zhèn

    Japan is very subject to earthquakes.

  • 树高遭雷击。

    Shù gāo zāo léi jī

    The taller the tree, the more likely it is to be struck by lightning.

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  • 公司遭受了巨大的损失。

    Gōng sī zāo shòu le jù dà de sǔn shī

    The company suffered big losses.

  • 我的问题遭到了冷寂的沉默。

    Wǒ de wèn tí zāo dào le lěng jì de chén mò

    My questions were met with a frosty silence.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 遭

  • 遭到zāo dào 1–4 to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
  • 遭遇zāo yù 1–4 to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience
  • 遭受zāo shòu 1–4 to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
  • 遭殃zāo yāng 1–1 to suffer a calamity