糟糕

Chinese

		alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed	cake
trad. (糟糕)		糟	糕
simp. ^#(糟糕)		糟	糕

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāogāo

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠㄍㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ gou¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chau-kau / chau-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāogāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠㄍㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaogao
  - Wade–Giles: tsao¹-kao¹
  - Yale: dzāu-gāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaugau
  - Palladius: цзаогао (czaogao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou¹ gou¹
  - Yale: jōu gōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ gou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou¹ gou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-kau
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'kaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ kau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-ko
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'koy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/

Adjective

糟糕

(colloquial) terrible; awful; horrible
真糟糕！ ― Zhēn zāogāo! ― How terrible!

這個世界很糟糕／这个世界很糟糕 ― zhège shìjiè hěn zāogāo ― this world is awful; we live in an awful world

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 著災／着灾

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