糟 (zou1 | zao1) : messy; rotten; wine dregs; pickle

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糟

zou1

zao1

[1] [adj] messy; awful; in bad shape
[2] [adj] rotten; decayed; spoiled
[3] [n] dregs of wine; distillers' grains
[4] [v] pickle in wine or with distillers' grains

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: 米 (#119)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

糟

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Feb 2012 01:57

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亂七八糟 lyun6 cat1 baat3 zou1 luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 = totally disordered, in a mess; at sixes and sevens

污糟 wu1 zou1 = dirty 粵

糟糕 zou1 gou1 zao1 gao1 = damn; what bad luck; terrible 國

糟蹋 zou1 daap6 zao1 ta4 = to waste; to spoil; to slander

污糟邋遢 wu1 zou1 laat6 taat3 wu1 zao1 la1 ta1 = extremely filthy or dirty in appearance 粵

污糟嘢 wu1 zou1 je5 wu1 zao1 ye3 = ghosts; spirits; dirty stuff 粵

酒糟鼻 zau2 zou1 bei6 = a nose to light candles at; brandy nose

糟質 zou1 zat1 = deride

酒糟鼻子 zau2 zou1 bei6 zi2 = red-nosed drunk (from wine)

亂糟糟 lyun6 zou1 zou1 luan4 zao1 zao1 = messy

一團糟 jat1 tyun4 zou1 yi1 tuan2 zao1 = chaos; a complete mess

糟透 zou1 tau3 zao1 tou4 = in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable; abject; damned; abominable

污糟貓 wu1 zou1 maau1 = a dirty child 粵

Showing all 3 examples containing 糟

你塊面好污糟邋遢。粵
Your face is very dirty.

呢笪地方好污糟粵
This place is very dirty.

唔好摸啲老鼠啦，佢哋污糟邋遢粵
Don't touch the rats, they're extremely dirty.
[You could also add in a 好 in this case (i.e. 佢哋好污糟邋遢) with no real difference in meaning.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 糟
Unicode code for this character: U+7cdf (off-site link)

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