how to write zao(dregs) in chinese

糟

pinyinzāo
radicals米Stroke count17
eanglish meaningdregs; dross; grains; pickle with wine or grains; waste; spoil; destroy

Stroke order of the Chinese character "糟" (zao)

Handwriting

n. （残渣） dregs; dross; grains:

1. 酒糟
distillers' grains

n. （姓氏） a surname:

1. 糟士奇
Zao Shiqi

v. （用酒或糟腌制食物） pickle with wine or grains:

1. 糟豆腐
pickled bean curd;

2. 糟肉
meat pickled in wine or with grains

v. （浪费; 损坏） waste; spoil; destroy:

1. 糟毁
damage; destroy

v. （腐烂; 不结实） rotten; decayed; poor:

1. 糟烂
decomposed; putrid;

2. 糟朽
decayed; crumbled; disintegrated;

3. 身体很糟
in a very poor health;

4. 这案板糟了。
The chopping board is rotten.

v. （事情办坏） in a wretched [terrible] state; in a mess; spoiled:

1. 糟透了
what a mess; completely spoiled; too bad;

2. 你把事情弄糟了。
You've made a mess of the matter.