HSK 6 · Verbs

遭殃 zāoyāng “to suffer disaster” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 遭殃 means

  1. to suffer disaster
  2. to be in trouble
  3. to suffer a calamity

How to say 遭殃

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale遭zāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale殃yāng1st tone, high and level

遭殃 in a sentence

  1. 先下手为强，后下手遭殃。

    Xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng, hòu xiàshǒu zāoyāng.

    Strike first and you win; strike second and you suffer.

    Sentence #2453078 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 遭殃 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 遭 (zāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
遭zāoto suffer; to meet with
  • 曹ministers · cáoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 曹 (cáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with zāo.

The character 殃 (yāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
殃yāngcalamity
  • 歹death · dǎiMeaning part
  • 央central · yāngSound part

歹 hints at the meaning (death); 央 (yāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yāng.

How to write 遭殃

遭 14 strokes · 殃 9 strokes

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遭殃 (zāoyāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 遭殃 (zāoyāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 遭殃

Words with 遭

遭受zāoshòu · to suffer遭遇zāoyù · to encounter

More words: Common Verbs

宰zǎi · to slaughter栽培zāipéi · to cultivate遭受zāoshòu · to suffer糟蹋zāotà · to waste遭遇zāoyù · to encounter赠送zèngsòng · to give as a present增添zēngtiān · to add扎zhā · to prick

FAQs

遭殃 (zāoyāng) means “to suffer disaster” or “to be in trouble”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zāoyāng: zāo with a 1st tone, then yāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 遭殃 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaoyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遭殃 from the suggestions. Typing zaoyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遭殃 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.