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  zou1   jyutping
  zao1   pinyin
[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

nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveverb
Stroke count: 17
Level: 2
Radical: (#119)

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

This word has been viewed 6773 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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detail  lyun6 cat1 baat3 zou1  luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 = totally disordered, in a mess; at sixes and sevens
detail  wu1 zou1   = dirty
detail  zou1 gou1  zao1 gao1 = damn; what bad luck; terrible
detail  zou1 daap6  zao1 ta4 = to waste; to spoil; to slander
detail  wu1 zou1 laat6 taat3  wu1 zao1 la1 ta1 = extremely filthy or dirty in appearance
detail  wu1 zou1 je5  wu1 zao1 ye3 = ghosts; spirits; dirty stuff
detail  zau2 zou1 bei6   = a nose to light candles at; brandy nose
detail  zou1 zat1   = deride
detail  zau2 zou1 bei6 zi2   = red-nosed drunk (from wine)
detail  lyun6 zou1 zou1  luan4 zao1 zao1 = messy
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Showing all 3 examples containing 糟
detail audio 污糟邋遢
Your face is very dirty.
detail audio 地方污糟
This place is very dirty.
detail 唔好老鼠佢哋污糟邋遢
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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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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