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Keyword
to meet
  • to encounter
  • to come across
Frequency
#882
Strokes
14
Readings
zāo100%
Mnemonic
辶 (walk) gives the meaning and 曹 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
遭zāo
to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
遭到zāodào
to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
遭遇zāoyù
to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
遭受zāoshòu
to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
惨遭cǎnzāo
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
周遭zhōuzāo
surrounding; nearby
遭拒zāojù
to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected
遭殃zāoyāng
to suffer a calamity
免遭miǎnzāo
to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
遭逢zāoféng
to encounter (sth unpleasant)
屡遭lǚzāo
to suffer repeatedly
遭罪zāozuì
to endure hardship; to suffer
遭难zāonàn
to run into misfortune
遭遇战zāoyùzhàn
(military) encounter; skirmish
遭际zāojì
(literary) fortunes and misfortunes; experiences in life