遭遇

Chinese

		a time; incident; meet by chance a time; incident; meet by chance; turn	meet with
trad. (遭遇)		遭	遇
simp. ^#(遭遇)		遭	遇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāoyù

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ jyu⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zor¹ gy⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cho-gū / cho͘-gū / cho-gī / chau-gū / chau-gī / cho͘-bū / chau-bū / cho-bū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāoyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaoyù
  - Wade–Giles: tsao¹-yü⁴
  - Yale: dzāu-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzauyuh
  - Palladius: цзаоюй (czaojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou¹ jyu⁶
  - Yale: jōu yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou¹ yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ jyː²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zor¹ gy⁵ [Phonetic: zor² gy⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: co̤-gṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒ⁵³³⁻¹³ ky¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zor¹ gy⁵ [Phonetic: zor² gy⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ky²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho-gū
  - Tâi-lô: tso-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoi'gu
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡so⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘-gū
  - Tâi-lô: tsoo-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zo'gu
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ³³ ɡu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho-gī
  - Tâi-lô: tso-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoi'gi
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-gū
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'gu
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ ɡu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-gī
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'gi
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘-bū
  - Tâi-lô: tsoo-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zo'bu
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-bū
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'bu
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho-bū
  - Tâi-lô: tso-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoi'bu
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡so⁴⁴⁻³³ bu³³/

Verb

遭遇

to encounter (an accident, a misfortune); to find by chance

Synonyms

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值遇 (zhíyù) (literary)
慘遭 / 惨遭 (cǎnzāo) (to suffer)
拄著 / 拄着 (tú-tio̍h) (Hokkien)
攤 / 摊 (to befall)
相拄 (Hokkien)
相逢 (xiāngféng)
相遇 (xiāngyù) (literary)
碰上 (pèngshàng)
碰到 (pèngdào)
碰見 / 碰见 (pèngjiàn)
蒙受 (méngshòu) (to suffer)
逢
遇 (yù)
遇到 (yùdào)
遇見 / 遇见 (yùjiàn)
遭受 (zāoshòu) (to suffer)
遭逢 (zāoféng)

Noun

遭遇

experience (usually negative)

Synonyms

經歷／经历 (jīnglì)
履歷／履历 (lǚlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遭	遇
そう Grade: S	ぐう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [so̞ːɡɯ̟ː]

Noun

遭(そう)遇(ぐう) • (sōgū)

an encounter, often an undesirable one; a run-in
未知(みち)との遭遇(そうぐう)
michi to no sōgū
encounter with the unknown

Verb

遭(そう)遇(ぐう)する • (sōgū suru) intransitive suru (stem 遭(そう)遇(ぐう)し (sōgū shi), past 遭(そう)遇(ぐう)した (sōgū shita))

to encounter; to have a run-in with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遭遇する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	遭遇し	そうぐうし	sōgū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	遭遇し	そうぐうし	sōgū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	遭遇する	そうぐうする	sōgū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	遭遇する	そうぐうする	sōgū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	遭遇すれ	そうぐうすれ	sōgū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	遭遇せよ¹ 遭遇しろ²	そうぐうせよ¹ そうぐうしろ²	sōgū seyo¹ sōgū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	遭遇される	そうぐうされる	sōgū sareru
Causative	遭遇させる遭遇さす	そうぐうさせるそうぐうさす	sōgū saseru sōgū sasu
Potential	遭遇できる	そうぐうできる	sōgū dekiru
Volitional	遭遇しよう	そうぐうしよう	sōgū shiyō
Negative	遭遇しない	そうぐうしない	sōgū shinai
Negative continuative	遭遇せず	そうぐうせず	sōgū sezu
Formal	遭遇します	そうぐうします	sōgū shimasu
Perfective	遭遇した	そうぐうした	sōgū shita
Conjunctive	遭遇して	そうぐうして	sōgū shite
Hypothetical conditional	遭遇すれば	そうぐうすれば	sōgū sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“遭遇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
遭	遇

Noun

遭遇 • (jou) (hangeul 조우)

hanja form^? of 조우 (“encounter”)