糟糕

zāo gāo · zao gao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)的(de)病(bìng)是(shì)糟(zāo)糕(gāo)的(de)天(tiān)气(qì)导(dǎo)致(zhì)的(de)。

His illness is caused by bad weather.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

汤(Tāng)姆(mǔ)的(de)厨(chú)艺(yì)其(qí)实(shí)不(bú)那(nà)么(me)糟(zāo)糕(gāo)。

Tom's cooking was actually not so bad.

Tatoeba: Chinese by shou · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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