糟糕
zāo​gāo HSK5

terrible

糟糕 zāo​gāo
terrible adjective
too bad; awful; in a mess; describes a situation or thing that has gone wrong

唯一糟糕的是食物。

wéi​yī zāo​gāo de shì shí​wù.

The only bad thing is the food.

[bad luck] interjection
Colloquial exclamation used to express frustration or dismay, meaning "What bad luck!" or "Oh no!"

糟糕，我迟到了！

zāo​gāo, wǒ chí​dào le!

Oh no, I'm late!

Frequency
Movie subtitles
155.4 per million appears in 45% of films
Written text
16.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

Same as

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)