糟蹋

See also: 蹧蹋

Chinese

		alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed	step on
trad. (糟蹋/蹧蹋)		糟/蹧	蹋
simp. (糟蹋)		糟	蹋
alternative forms		糟踏蹧塌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāotà

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠㄊㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ daap⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chau-that / chiau-that

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāotà → zāota (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠㄊㄚˋ → ㄗㄠ ˙ㄊㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaotå
  - Wade–Giles: tsao¹-tʻa⁵
  - Yale: dzāu-ta
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzau.tah
  - Palladius: цзаота (czaota)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰä⁵¹/ → /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰä²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou¹ daap⁶
  - Yale: jōu daahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ daap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou¹ dab⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ taːp̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-that
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-that
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'tad
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ tʰat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-that
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau-that
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'tad
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰat̚³²/

Verb

糟蹋

to waste; to ruin
to damage; to trample on; to ravage
to insult; to abuse; to humiliate
to defile (a woman); to rape

Synonyms

(to waste):

加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
拋荒 / 抛荒 (pāohuāng)
揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
無彩 / 无彩 (Hokkien)
白了 (Hokkien)
白白了 (Hokkien)
白費 / 白费 (báifèi)
空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
耽誤 / 耽误 (chiefly time)
荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

Dialectal synonyms of 浪費 (“to waste; to squander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		浪費, 靡費
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	糟蹋, 糟踐
	Taiwan	浪費, 糟蹋
	Harbin	糟踐
	Singapore	浪費
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	糟蹋, 糟踐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	糟蹋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	糟蹋, 拋撒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	糟蹋, 拋撒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	作蹋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	糟蹋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘥, 嘥撻
	Hong Kong	嘥
	Taishan	嘥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嘥
	Dongguan	嘥
	Yangjiang	嘥
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嘥, 嘥yang
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘥
Gan	Nanchang	糟蹋
Hakka	Meixian	浪撇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打爽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打爽, 浪核
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打爽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打爽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打爽
Jin	Taiyuan	糟蹋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	糟蹋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	敗, 作蹋
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍損, 仄挩
	Quanzhou	拍損, 仄挩
	Zhangzhou	拍損
	Tainan	拍損, 仄挩
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍損
	Klang (Hokkien)	拍損, 了, 賽央
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍損, 了
	Manila (Hokkien)	仄挩, 了
	Chaozhou	噠浪
	Jieyang	噠浪
	Singapore (Teochew)	拍損
Wu	Suzhou	糟蹋
Wu	Wenzhou	糟, 殘嘈
Xiang	Changsha	糟蹋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	糟蹋

(to damage):

亂 / 乱 (luàn) (literary, or in compounds)
僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
圮毀 / 圮毁 (pǐhuǐ) (literary)
壞 / 坏 (huài)
打掉 (dǎdiào)
損壞 / 损坏 (sǔnhuài)
損毀 / 损毁 (sǔnhuǐ)
搗砸 / 捣砸 (dau² zah⁵) (Jin)
摧殘 / 摧残 (cuīcán)
摧毀 / 摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
毀 / 毁 (huǐ)
毀壞 / 毁坏 (huǐhuài)
毀損 / 毁损 (huǐsǔn)
決裂 / 决裂 (juéliè) (archaic)
破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
糟 (zāo) (literary, or in compounds)
隳 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)

(to insult):

侵辱 (qīnrǔ) (literary)
侮辱
凌辱 (língrǔ)
暴辱 (Xiamen Hokkien)
污
污辱 (wūrǔ)
糟質 / 糟质 (zou¹ zat¹) (Cantonese)
羞辱 (xiūrǔ)

(to defile):

姦污 / 奸污 (jiānwū)
姦淫 / 奸淫 (jiānyín)
強姦 / 强奸 (qiángjiān)
強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
施暴 (shībào)
玷污 (diànwū) (euphemistic)