Chinese symbol for “sustain”
遭受
zāo shòu
to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sustain is 遭受 (zāo shòu), defined as: to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sustain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撑持 (撐持) | chēng chí | (fig.) to sustain; to shore up |
| 支 | zhī | to support; to sustain |
| 承载 (承載) | chéng zài | to bear the weight; to sustain |
| 蒙受 | méng shòu | to suffer; to sustain (loss) |
| 撑拒 (撐拒) | chēng jù | to resist; to struggle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遭受.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遭到 | zāo dào | to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate) |
| 遭遇 | zāo yù | to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse) |
| 惨遭 (慘遭) | cǎn zāo | to suffer (defeat, death etc) |
| 周遭 | zhōu zāo | surrounding; nearby |
| 遭拒 | zāo jù | to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sustain”.
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