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糟糕

zāo gāo

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

糟糕 (zāo gāo) is a Chinese word meaning “too bad”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. too bad
  2. how terrible
  3. what bad luck
  4. terrible
  5. bad

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Example

糟糕，我忘了帶錢包。

Oh no, I forgot to bring my wallet.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).