# 遭殃 (zāoyāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 遭殃 (zāoyāng) means “to suffer a disaster”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to suffer a disaster
- Pinyin: zāoyāng (zao1 yang1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 环境一旦被破坏，人类也会遭殃。
  Huánjìng yídàn bèi pòhuài, rénlèi yě huì zāoyāng.
  Once the environment is destroyed, humans will also suffer disaster.

## Characters

- 遭 (zāo): to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- 殃 (yāng): calamity

https://hanziro.com/word/zao-yang-suffer-disaster/

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