嘈杂

嘈杂 cáozá

Noisy; clamorous^†

嘈杂 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體嘈雜 caoza

What 嘈杂 means

Noisy; clamorous^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 嘈杂, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

嘈杂 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

嘈

cáo

Noisy

杂

zá

Miscellaneous (mixed - various - to mix)

Words that share a character with 嘈杂

How to write 嘈杂

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嘈杂 in a sentence

餐厅里很嘈杂，我们几乎听不见对方说话。

Cāntīng lǐ hěn cáozá, wǒmen jīhū tīng bu jiàn duìfāng shuōhuà.

The restaurant was so noisy we could barely hear each other.

他受不了工地上嘈杂的声音。

Tā shòu bu liǎo gōngdì shang cáozá de shēngyīn.

He cannot stand the racket from the building site.

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Questions about 嘈杂

What does 嘈杂 mean in English?

嘈杂 is pronounced cáozá and means Noisy; clamorous †.

How do you pronounce 嘈杂?

嘈杂 is cáozá in pinyin — written caoza without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 嘈杂?

嘈杂 is written with 2 characters: 嘈 (cáo) Noisy, 杂 (zá) Miscellaneous (mixed - various - to mix). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 嘈杂 written in traditional Chinese?

嘈雜. The simplified form 嘈杂 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 嘈雜 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced cáozá.

Is 嘈杂 an HSK word?

Yes — 嘈杂 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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