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Chinese symbol for “gosh”

糟了
zāo le
gosh!; oh no!; darn!

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gosh is 糟了 (zāo le), defined as: gosh!; oh no!; darn!.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

糟 zāo
sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
radical 119 ⽶ · 17 strokes
了 le
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “gosh”

WordPinyinMeaning
坏了 (壞了)huài leshoot!; gosh!

Related words

Other words that share a character with 糟了.

WordPinyinMeaning
糟糕zāo gāotoo bad; how terrible
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
糟蹋zāo tàto waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck
一团糟 (一團糟)yī tuán zāochaos; bungle
糟粕zāo pòdross; dregs
乱糟糟 (亂糟糟)luàn zāo zāochaotic; topsy turvy
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.