糟蹋 zāotà▶ membuang; merusak

Stroke order

糟蹋 is written in 34 strokes across 2 characters.

• 糟 — 17 strokes
• 蹋 — 17 strokes

Senses

1. to waste; to spoil
2. to ruin; to wreck
3. to insult; to humiliate
4. to defile (a woman); to rape

Related words

• 糟糕Sayang sekali

糟蹋 is pronounced zāotà and means “membuang; merusak”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 糟蹋 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.