杂志 zázhì magazine
How to remember 杂志: 杂 mixed + 志 intention = magazine.
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How it is used
- A magazine - 时尚杂志 (shíshàng zázhì) a fashion magazine; 订杂志 (dìng zázhì) subscribe to a magazine.
- Measure word 本 (běn) like books. Contrast 报纸 (bàozhǐ, newspaper): 杂志 is the glossy periodical.
- 杂 (mixed) + 志 (record) - a mixed-content periodical.
Example sentences
- 那家店卖报纸和杂志。 Nàjiādiàn mài bàozhǐ hé zázhì.That shop sells newspapers and magazines.
- 你为什么不读这杂志呢？ Nǐ wèishénme bùdú zhè zázhì ne?Why didn't you read the magazine?
- 新杂志出版了。 Xīn zázhì chūbǎn le.The new magazine has been published.