遭殃
Old HSK 6
遭殃 (zāoyāng) · to suffer
遭殃 (zāoyāng) means “to suffer; to meet with disaster”. It is written with 2 characters: 遭 (to meet) + 殃 (misfortune). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 遭殃 is built
The characters
遭 zāo · to meet
What 遭 is made of
- 辶 — walking, moving
- 曹cáo — ministers
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
殃 yāng · misfortune
What 殃 is made of
- 歹dǎi — corpse
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丶 — dot
- 央yāng — central
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Example sentences
河水被污染，鱼都遭殃了。Hé shuǐ bèi wūrǎn, yú dōu zāoyāng le.The river was polluted and the fish suffered.
大人吵架，孩子遭殃。Dàrén chǎojià, háizi zāoyāng.When adults quarrel, the children suffer.
Questions about 遭殃
What does 遭殃 mean?
遭殃 (zāoyāng) means “to suffer; to meet with disaster”.
How do you pronounce 遭殃?
遭殃 is pronounced zāoyāng.
Which HSK level is 遭殃?
遭殃 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
Learn 遭殃 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 226: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.