糟糕

Chinese

		alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed	cake
trad. (糟糕)		糟	糕
simp. #(糟糕)		糟	糕

Etymology

According to Qianp's Chinese Dictionary:

Possibly from Zhang Tianyi's story 成业恒:

"我客栈里欠了他好多花边，老板天天逼我还，天天而且还得吃饭，不胜糟糕之至。" (please add this translation if you can)

Alternatively, possibly from Yang Mo's Song of Youth:

"真糟糕！ 卢兄，我对于革命救国的道理真是一窍不通。" (please add this translation if you can)

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāogāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ gou¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chau-kau / chau-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāogāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaogao
    • Wade–Giles: tsao¹-kao¹
    • Yale: dzāu-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaugau
    • Palladius: цзаогао (czaogao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou¹ gou¹
    • Yale: jōu gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou¹ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-kau
    • Tâi-lô: tsau-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zau'kaw
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ kau³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-ko
    • Tâi-lô: tsau-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zau'koy
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/

Adjective

糟糕

1. (colloquial) terrible; awful; horrible

   真糟糕！  ―  Zhēn zāogāo!  ―  How terrible!

   這個世界很糟糕／这个世界很糟糕  ―  zhège shìjiè hěn zāogāo  ―  this world is awful; we live in an awful world

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 著災／着灾