| 遭 | [ zaō ] to meet by chance (usually with misfortune), classifier for events: time, turn, incident |
| 遭到 | [ zaō daò ] to suffer, to meet with (sth unfortunate) |
| 遭受 | [ zaō shoù ] to suffer, to sustain (loss, misfortune) |
| 遭拒 | [ zaō jù ] to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa), to have an application rejected |
| 遭殃 | [ zaō yāng ] to suffer a calamity |
| 遭瘟 | [ zaō wēn ] to suffer from a plague, to endure a misfortune, a plague on him! |
| 遭罪 | [ zaō zuì ] to endure hardship, to suffer |
| 遭逢 | [ zaō féng ] to encounter (sth unpleasant) |
| 遭遇 | [ zaō yù ] to meet with, to encounter, (bitter) experience |
| 遭遇戰 | [ zaō yù zhàn ] (military) encounter, skirmish |
| 遭難 | [ zaō nàn ] to run into misfortune |
| ⇒ 免遭 | [ miǎn zaō ] to avoid suffering, to avoid meeting (a fatal accident), spared |
| ⇒ 周遭 | [ zhoū zaō ] surrounding, nearby |
| ⇒ 屋漏更遭連夜雨 | [ wū loù gèng zaō lián yè yǔ ] when it rains, it pours (idiom) |
| ⇒ 屢遭 | [ lǚ zaō ] to suffer repeatedly |
| ⇒ 屢遭不測 | [ lǚ zaō bù cè ] beset by a series of mishaps (idiom) |
| ⇒ 慘遭 | [ cǎn zaō ] to suffer (defeat, death etc) |
| ⇒ 慘遭不幸 | [ cǎn zaō bù xìng ] to meet with disaster, to die tragically |
| ⇒ 破屋又遭連夜雨 | [ pò wū yoù zaō lián yè yǔ ] see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3] |
