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Jyutping zou1 joeng1
Pinyin zāo yāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to suffer a calamity
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) Been in a calamity
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    遇到​災禍
    to suffer a disaster; to suffer
    • 老闆今日心情唔靚,我哋要遭殃嘍。
      老板今日心情唔靓,我哋要遭殃喽。
      lou5 baan2 gam1 jat6 sam1 cing4 m4 leng3, ngo5 dei2 jiu3 zou1 joeng1 lau1.
      Boss isn't in a good mood today, we're bound to suffer.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, intransitive, verb-object
    to meet with disaster; to suffer a calamity
    (syn.) 遭灾, 遭災
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #5204
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    俗话说:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗话又说:先下手为强,后下手遭殃!
    俗話說:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗話又說:先下手為強,後下手遭殃!
    sú huà shuō : rén bù fàn wǒ , wǒ bù fàn rén ; kě sú huà yòu shuō : xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng , hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng !
    • As the saying goes: As long as you dont offend me, I dont offend you; But there's another saying: To strike frist means victory, to strike second means tragedy.
  2. Mandarin
    先下手为强,后下手遭殃。
    先下手為強,後下手遭殃。
    xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng , hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng 。
    • Get them before they get us.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    租贵就遭殃。咪话商场啦,街都系啦,都唔系路嘅。
    租貴就遭殃。咪話商場啦,街都係啦,都唔係路嘅。
    • X
  2. Cantonese
    老板今日心情唔靓,我哋要遭殃喽。
    老闆今日心情唔靚,我哋要遭殃嘍。
    lou5 baan2 gam1 jat6 sam1 cing4 m4 leng3, ngo5 dei2 jiu3 zou1 joeng1 lau1.
    • Boss isn't in a good mood today, we're bound to suffer.
  3. Cantonese
    遭殃
    遭殃
    zou1 joeng1
    • to befallen by disaster
  4. Cantonese
    先下手为强,后下手遭殃。
    先下手為強,後下手遭殃。
    sin1 haa6 sau2 wai4 koeng4, hau6 haa6 sau2 zou1 joeng1
    • x