遭遇 zāoyù▶ encontrar

Stroke order

遭遇 is written in 26 strokes across 2 characters.

• 遭 — 14 strokes
• 遇 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship)
2. an experience (esp. adverse)

Related words

• 机遇Oportunidad
• 遭受Sufrir
• 遭殃Sufrir
• 待遇tratamiento
• 遇到encontrar

遭遇 is pronounced zāoyù and means “encontrar”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 遭遇 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.