糟蹋

zāotà

verb #11,656

Meanings

1 to waste
2 to spoil
3 to ruin
4 to insult

Characters

dregs; messy; to waste

to step on; to trample

Examples

不要糟蹋粮食。

Bùyào zāotà liángshí.

Don't waste food.

好好的衣服被你糟蹋了。

Hǎohǎo de yīfú bèi nǐ zāotà le.

You ruined perfectly good clothes.

Tips

usage

糟蹋 can mean wasting something valuable or treating someone/something poorly. Context determines the meaning.

Stroke Order

糟 zāo

蹋 tà