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糟糕

zāo gāo

HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

zāo gāo · zou1 gou1 (Jyutping)

  1. too bad
  2. how terrible
  3. what bad luck
  4. terrible
  5. bad

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

糟

Meaning
sediment, dregs; pickle
Radical
米
Strokes
17
Components
⿰米曹
Cangjie
FDTWA
Four-corner
9596.6

糕

Meaning
cakes, pastry
Radical
米
Strokes
16
Components
⿰米羔
Cangjie
FDTGF
Four-corner
9893.1

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