zao

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See also: záo, zào, zāo, zǎo, and žao

Mandarin

Romanization

zao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zāo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of záo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zǎo.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of zào.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zъlъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zâo/
  • Hyphenation: za‧o

Adjective

zȁo (Cyrillic spelling за̏о, definite zlȋ, comparative gȍrī)

  1. evil, malicious, bad, mean, wicked
    zao čov(j)ekan evil man
    zla vještica Zapada - the wicked witch of the west (from the film Oz)
    zao pogleda mean look
    vi ste vrlo zao čov(j)ek!you're a very bad man!
    Borio sam se kao medv(j)ed, ali su zli duhovi bili prejakiI fought like a bear, but evil spirits were too strong
    veliki, zli vuk će te pronaći/da te pronađethe big bad wolf is gonna find you
    upravo sam imao najgori dan ikadaI just had my worst day ever
  2. bad (having bad quality)
    zla srećabad luck
    biti na zlu glasuto have a bad reputation
    u zao časill-timed

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • zao” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swahili

Etymology

From -zaa.

Noun

zao (ma class, plural mazao)

  1. offspring
  2. (in the plural) produce, crops

Adjective

zao

  1. N class inflected form of -ao (plural only).