遭災

Chinese

		a time; incident; meet by chance a time; incident; meet by chance; turn	disaster; calamity
trad. (遭災)		遭	災
simp. (遭灾)		遭	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāozāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠ ㄗㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāozāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaozai
    • Wade–Giles: tsao¹-tsai¹
    • Yale: dzāu-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzautzai
    • Palladius: цзаоцзай (czaoczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

遭災

1. to meet with disaster (usually a natural disaster)

Synonyms

• 遭殃 (zāoyāng)