杂 zá mixed
mixed; mix; miscellaneous
How to remember 杂: 九 nine + 木 tree = mixed. The kids plant nine kinds of seeds under the old tree, and by summer the garden is wonderfully mixed.
Component breakdown
杂 = 九 nine + 木 tree
- 九 nine
- 木 tree
The kids plant nine kinds of seeds under the old tree, and by summer the garden is wonderfully mixed.
How it is used
- Mixed / miscellaneous / messy - 复杂 (fùzá) complicated, 杂志 (zázhì) magazine, 杂乱 (záluàn) disordered.
- 复杂 (many-parted, complicated) is its highest-frequency compound; opposite 简单 (jiǎndān) - 简单的问题 (jiǎndān de wèntí) a simple question.
- 杂技 (zájì) acrobatics; 嘈杂 (cáozá) noisy/clamorous.
Words with 杂
Example sentences
- 新杂志出版了。 Xīn zázhì chūbǎn le.The new magazine has been published.
- 它的制造过程很复杂。 Tā de zhìzào guòchéng hěn fùzá.The manufacturing process is very complicated.
- 人体的组织结构很复杂。 Réntǐ de zǔzhī jiégòu hěn fùzá.The structure of the human body is complicated.