糟糕

糟糕 zāogāo in a sentence

Too bad (how terrible - what bad luck)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 2 sentences

糟糕 (zāogāo) means Too bad (how terrible - what bad luck). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

今天的天气很 糟糕 。

Jīntiān de tiānqì hěn zāogāo.

The weather today is terrible.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 糟糕

糟糕 ,我把钥匙忘在家里了。

Zāogāo, wǒ bǎ yàoshi wàng zài jiā lǐ le.

Oh no, I left my keys at home.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 糟糕

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How is 糟糕 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 糟糕 (zāogāo, "Too bad (how terrible - what bad luck)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 糟糕 an HSK word?

Yes — 糟糕 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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