杂 (zá): mixed, miscellaneous, various, to mix
杂 (zá) is a Chinese character meaning “mixed.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 九 (structural) and 木 (structural). It ranks #853 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- mixed
- miscellaneous
- various
- to mix
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 杂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杂种 | zá zhǒng | hybrid |
| 杂货店 | zá huò diàn | grocery store |
| 杂耍 | zá shuǎ | a sideshow |
| 杂碎 | zá sui | offal |
| 杂志社 | zá zhì shè | magazine publisher |
| 杂技 | zá jì | acrobatics |
| 杂物 | zá wù | junk |
| 杂念 | zá niàn | distracting thoughts |
| 嘈杂 | cáo zá | noisy |
| 杂草 | zá cǎo | weeds |
| 杂乱 | zá luàn | in a mess |
| 打杂 | dǎ zá | to do odd jobs |
| 杂交 | zá jiāo | to hybridize |
| 杂货 | zá huò | groceries |
| 大杂烩 | dà zá huì | mix-up |
杂 appears in 100 compound words: 64 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 杂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
Example Sentences
他的工作很繁杂,每天都要处理各种各样的事务。
Tā de gōngzuò hěn fánzá, měitiān dōu yào chǔlǐ gè zhǒng gè yàng de shìwù.
His work is very complicated; he has to deal with all kinds of affairs every day.
宫腔紫状回声要警惕了?是否为“杂乱回声”的误写需重视吗
gōng qiāng zǐ zhuàng huí shēng yāo jǐng tì le ? shì fǒu wéi zá luàn huí shēng de wù xiě xū chóng shì ma
Should we be vigilant about the purple echo of the uterine cavity? Is it a misspelling of "chaotic echo" that needs to be paid attention to?
每日杂志|新游乐场用家为本 打造“好玩城市” ...
měi rì zá zhì xīn yóu lè chǎng yòng jiā wéi běn dǎ zào hǎo wán chéng shì . . .
Daily Magazine|New Playground User-oriented to Create a "Fun City" ...
她退货国家地理杂志服饰“控被肉搜IG” 业者回应了
tā tuì huò guó jiā dì lǐ zá zhì fú shì kòng bèi ròu sōu yè zhě huí yīng le
She returned National Geographic magazine clothing "accused of being searched by meat IG" The industry responded
日本高龄评论家拒绝断舍离 杂物堆家中一招堵住女儿嘴
rì běn gāo líng píng lùn jiā jù jué duàn shě lí zá wù duī jiā zhōng yī zhāo dǔ zhù nǚ ér zuǐ
Japan's elderly critic refuses to break away from the clutter pile at home to block his daughter's mouth
...买后离家未归!24年后现身 子女心情五味杂陈
. . . mǎi hòu lí jiā wèi guī ! nián hòu xiàn shēn zǐ nǚ xīn qíng wǔ wèi zá chén
... After buying, he left home and did not return! Appeared 24 years later, and his children had mixed moods
你有订阅任何杂志吗?
Nǐ yǒu dìngyuè rènhé zázhì ma?
Do you subscribe to any magazines?
他迅速瞥了一眼杂志。
Tā xùnsù piē le yīyǎn zázhì.
He took a quick look at the magazine.
这份杂志每个月出刊两次。
Zhè fèn zázhì měi gè yuè chū kān liǎng cì.
The magazine is issued twice a month.
不要丢掉这本杂志。
Bù yào diūdiào zhè běn zázhì.
Don't throw away this magazine.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced zá
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