糟

zāo

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Adjective Very common

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Definitions

1. dregs
2. draff
3. pickled in wine
4. rotten
5. messy
6. ruined

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 好 hǎo 好 hǎo good opposite of ruined or messy: good

Register variants

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• 糟糕 zāo gāo 糟糕 zāo gāo too bad more emphatic, colloquial register: too bad

Related words

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• 糟粕 zāo pò 糟粕 zāo pò dross dregs or waste, related to 'dregs' sense: dross

Synonyms

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• 坏 huài 坏 huài bad when meaning ruined or rotten: bad

Usage notes

Collocations

糟 is often used with 搞 (gǎo) in the phrase 搞糟 (gǎo zāo) meaning 'to mess up'.

Formality

糟 is colloquial; in formal contexts prefer 糟糕 (zāogāo) or 坏 (huài) when meaning 'bad'.

Example Sentences

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情况越来越 糟 了。

The situation is getting worse and worse.

對我來說, 情況一天比一天 糟 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 765981)

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Words Containing 糟

• 乱七八糟 乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo: (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
• 糟糕 糟糕 zāo gāo: too bad
• 糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà: to waste
• 一团乱糟 一团乱糟 yī tuán luàn zāo: a chaotic mess
• 一团糟 一团糟 yī tuán zāo: chaos
• 乱糟糟 乱糟糟 luàn zāo zāo: chaotic
• 去其糟粕 去其糟粕 qù qí zāo pò: to remove the dross
• 取其精华，去其糟粕 取其精华，去其糟粕 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò: take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)
• 弄糟 弄糟 nòng zāo: to spoil
• 污糟 污糟 wū zāo: filthy
• 乌七八糟 乌七八糟 wū qī bā zāo: everything in disorder (idiom)
• 糟了 糟了 zāo le: gosh!
• 糟心 糟心 zāo xīn: vexed
• 糟溜黄鱼 糟溜黄鱼 zāo liū huáng yú: stir-fried yellow fish filet
• 糟溜黄鱼片 糟溜黄鱼片 zāo liū huáng yú piàn: stir-fried yellow fish filet
• 糟粕 糟粕 zāo pò: dross
• 糟糠 糟糠 zāo kāng: chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
• 糟糠妻 糟糠妻 zāo kāng qī: wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
• 糟践 糟践 zāo jian: to waste
• 糟透 糟透 zāo tòu: in a bad state
• 酒糟 酒糟 jiǔ zāo: distiller's grain
• 酒糟鼻 酒糟鼻 jiǔ zāo bí: rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
• 醪糟 醪糟 láo zāo: sweet fermented rice