Chinese symbol for “ruined”
糟
zāo
dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ruined is 糟 (zāo), defined as: dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ruined”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 败絮 (敗絮) | bài xù | ruined; broken down |
| 敝 | bì | my (polite); poor |
| 破败 (破敗) | pò bài | to defeat; to crush (in battle) |
| 断送 (斷送) | duàn sòng | to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined |
| 颓然 (頹然) | tuí rán | decrepit; ruined |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 糟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad; how terrible |
| 乱七八糟 (亂七八糟) | luàn qī bā zāo | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled |
| 糟蹋 | zāo tà | to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck |
| 一团糟 (一團糟) | yī tuán zāo | chaos; bungle |
| 糟粕 | zāo pò | dross; dregs |
| 乱糟糟 (亂糟糟) | luàn zāo zāo | chaotic; topsy turvy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ruined”.
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.