# 受灾 (shòuzāi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 受灾 (shòuzāi) means “to be hit by a disaster; disaster-stricken”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be hit by a disaster; disaster-stricken
- Pinyin: shòuzāi (shou4 zai1)
- Traditional: 受災
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我们要帮助受灾的人民。
  Wǒmen yào bāngzhù shòuzāi de rénmín.
  We need to help the disaster-stricken people.

## Characters

- [受](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-receive-suffer/) (shòu): to receive; to suffer
- [灾](https://hanziro.com/word/zai-disaster/) (zāi): disaster; calamity

https://hanziro.com/word/shou-zai-be-hit-by/

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