| 1 | 遭到 | 遭到 | zāo dào | zao1 dao4 | to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate) | | |
| 2 | 遭受 | 遭受 | zāo shòu | zao1 shou4 | to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) | | |
| 3 | 遭 | 遭 | zāo | zao1 | to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident | | |
| 4 | 遭遇 | 遭遇 | zāo yù | zao1 yu4 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | | |
| 5 | 周遭 | 周遭 | zhōu zāo | zhou1 zao1 | surrounding; nearby | | |
| 6 | 惨遭 | 慘遭 | cǎn zāo | can3 zao1 | to suffer (defeat, death etc) | | |
| 7 | 遭罪 | 遭罪 | zāo zuì | zao1 zui4 | to endure hardship; to suffer | | |
| 8 | 遭殃 | 遭殃 | zāo yāng | zao1 yang1 | to suffer a calamity | | |
| 9 | 遭袭 | 遭襲 | zāo xí | zao1 xi2 | and was attacked | | |
| 10 | 遭瘟 | 遭瘟 | zāo wēn | zao1 wen1 | to suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him! | | |
| 11 | 遭软禁 | 遭軟禁 | zāo ruǎn jìn | zao1 ruan3 jin4 | be put under house arrest | | |
| 12 | 遭难 | 遭難 | zāo nàn | zao1 nan4 | to run into misfortune | | |
| 13 | 遭拒 | 遭拒 | zāo jù | zao1 ju4 | to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected | | |
| 14 | 遭逢盛世 | 遭逢盛世 | zāo féng shèng shì | zao1 feng2 sheng4 shi4 | to live in prosperous times | | |
| 15 | 遭逢 | 遭逢 | zāo féng | zao1 feng2 | to encounter (sth unpleasant) | | |
| 16 | 险遭不幸 | 險遭不幸 | xiǎn zāo bù xìng | xian3 zao1 bu4 xing4 | to come within an inch of death (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 险遭不测 | 險遭不測 | xiǎn zāo bù cè | xian3 zao1 bu4 ce4 | to have a narrow escape (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 屋漏更遭连夜雨 | 屋漏更遭連夜雨 | wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ | wu1 lou4 geng4 zao1 lian2 ye4 yu3 | when it rains, it pours (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 破屋又遭连夜雨 | 破屋又遭連夜雨 | pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ | po4 wu1 you4 zao1 lian2 ye4 yu3 | see 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 | | |
| 20 | 免遭 | 免遭 | miǎn zāo | mian3 zao1 | to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared | | |
| 21 | 屡遭不测 | 屢遭不測 | lǚ zāo bù cè | lu:3 zao1 bu4 ce4 | beset by a series of mishaps (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 屡遭 | 屢遭 | lǚ zāo | lu:3 zao1 | to suffer repeatedly | | |
| 23 | 连遭败绩 | 連遭敗績 | lián zāo bài jì | lian2 zao1 bai4 ji4 | suffer successive defeats (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 反遭毒手 | 反遭毒手 | fǎn zāo dú shǒu | fan3 zao1 du2 shou3 | to suffer unexpected violent scheme (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 惨遭杀害 | 慘遭殺害 | cǎn zāo shā hài | can3 zao1 sha1 hai4 | to be killed in a cruel way (idiom) | | |