糟糕

zāo gāo

HSK level: HSK 5

Meaning

too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad

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Characters

糟zāosediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil米曹糕gāocake, pastry米羔

Examples

真糟糕！

zhēn zāo gāo！

How horrible!

真糟糕。

zhēn zāo gāo。

It was terrible.

那太糟糕了。

nà tài zāo gāo le。

That's too bad.