# 遭受 (zāoshòu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 遭受 (zāoshòu) means “to suffer (a loss, misfortune)”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to suffer (a loss, misfortune)
- Pinyin: zāoshòu (zao1 shou4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这家公司遭受了巨大的损失。
  Zhè jiā gōngsī zāoshòule jùdà de sǔnshī.
  This company suffered huge losses.

## Characters

- 遭 (zāo): to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- [受](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-receive-suffer/) (shòu): to receive; to suffer

https://hanziro.com/word/zao-shou-suffer/

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