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杂

zá

HSK 4 Character Traditional 雜

What 杂 means

1. mixed
2. miscellaneous
3. various
4. to mix

Other readings

杂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• závariant of {杂|zá}

Example sentences

• 你妈杂种!
  Nǐ mā zázhǒng!
  You fucking bastard!
• 这条狗杂交。
  Zhè tiáo gǒu zájiāo.
  This dog is a crossbreed.
• 它有多复杂？
  How complex is it?
• 旧杂志卖完了。
  Jiù zázhì mài wán le.
  The old magazines are all sold out.
• 语法非常复杂。
  Grammar is very complicated.
• 生活多幺复杂！
  Life is so complicated.

Words starting with 杂

• 杂志zá zhìmagazine
• 杂技zá jìacrobatics
• 杂交zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuity
• 杂志社zá zhì shèmagazine publisher
• 杂物zá wùjunk; items of no value; various bits and bobs
• 杂乱zá luànin a mess; in a jumble; chaotic
• 杂文zá wénessay
• 杂货店zá huò diàngrocery store; emporium
• 杂草zá cǎoweeds
• 杂谈zá tándiscussion of various topics
• 杂种zá zhǒnghybrid; mixed breed; bastard
• 杂记zá jìvarious notes or records; a miscellany; scattered jottings
• 杂质zá zhìimpurity
• 杂费zá fèiincidental costs; sundries; extras
• 杂念zá niàndistracting thoughts
• 杂乱无章zá luàn wú zhāngdisordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
• 杂音zá yīnnoise
• 杂七杂八zá qī zá bāan assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills)
• 杂牌zá páiinferior brand; little-known brand
• 杂货zá huògroceries; miscellaneous goods
• 杂碎zá suioffal; cooked minced offal; chop suey (American Chinese dish)
• 杂事zá shìmiscellaneous tasks; various chores
• 杂耍zá shuǎa sideshow; vaudeville; juggling
• 杂感zá gǎnrandom thoughts (a literary genre)

Words containing 杂

• 复杂fù zácomplicated; complex
• 夹杂jiā záto mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix
• 嘈杂cáo zánoisy; clamorous
• 混杂hùn záto mix; to mingle
• 复杂性fù zá xìngcomplexity
• 繁杂fán zámany; diverse
• 错综复杂cuò zōng fù zátangled and complicated (idiom)
• 打杂dǎ záto do odd jobs; to do unskilled work
• 复杂化fù zá huàto complicate; to become complicated
• 大杂院dà zá yuàncompound with many families living together
• 大杂烩dà zá huìmix-up; mish-mash; potpourri
• 鱼龙混杂yú lóng hùn zálit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
• 庞杂páng zácomplex; complicated; many and varied
• 拉杂lā zádisorganized; rambling; incoherent
• 错杂cuò zámixed; jumbled
• 打杂的dǎ zá deodd-jobs worker
• 分子杂交fēn zǐ zá jiāomolecular hybridization
• 复杂系统fù zá xì tǒngcomplex system
• 计算复杂性jì suàn fù zá xìngcomputational complexity (math.)
• 混杂物hùn zá wùadulteration; impurities
• 民族杂居地区mín zú zá jū dì qūmixed ethnic area
• 疑难杂症yí nán zá zhèngdubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine); hard cases
• 狗杂种gǒu zá zhǒngson of a bitch; damn bastard
• 勤杂qín záodd jobs; servant or army orderly doing odd jobs

Characters that look like 杂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 业yèline of business; industry; occupation
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 岛dǎoisland
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 朵duǒflower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides
• 吾wú(old) I; my

Sounds the same

Read zá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 砸to smash; to pound; to fail
• 咱see 咱