HSK 6 · Verbs

遭遇 zāoyù “to encounter” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 遭遇 means

  1. to encounter
  2. to suffer
  3. (bad) experience
  4. to meet with
  5. to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • an experience (esp. adverse)

How to say 遭遇

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale遇yù4th tone, falling

遭遇 in a sentence

  1. 他遭遇了一场严重的意外。

    Tā zāoyù le yì chǎng yánzhòng de yìwài.

    He had a serious accident.

    Sentence #14013494 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆遭遇了诈骗。

    Tāngmǔ zāoyù le zhàpiàn.

    Tom was the victim of a scam.

    Sentence #13860122 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 马德里竞技遭遇失败后，很明显大家都很生气。

    Mǎdélǐ Jìngjì zāoyù shībài hòu, hěn míngxiǎn dàjiā dōu hěn shēngqì.

    After Atlético Madrid lost, everyone was clearly upset.

    Sentence #3579586 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 遭遇 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 遇 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
遇yùto encounter; to happen upon
  • 禺district · yúSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 遭遇

遭 14 strokes · 遇 12 strokes

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

Words related to 遭遇

Words with 遭

遭受zāoshòu · to suffer遭殃zāoyāng · to suffer disaster

Words with 遇

遇到yùdào · to meet遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)待遇dàiyù · treatment机遇jīyù · opportunity

More words: Common Verbs

栽培zāipéi · to cultivate遭受zāoshòu · to suffer糟蹋zāotà · to waste遭殃zāoyāng · to suffer disaster赠送zèngsòng · to give as a present增添zēngtiān · to add扎zhā · to prick占据zhànjù · to occupy

FAQs

遭遇 (zāoyù) means “to encounter” or “to suffer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zāoyù: zāo with a 1st tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 遭遇 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaoyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遭遇 from the suggestions. Typing zaoyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遭遇 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.