杂 (zá) means Miscellaneous (mixed - various - to mix). Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这本 杂 志讲时尚。
Zhè běn zázhì jiǎng shíshàng.
This magazine is about fashion.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 时尚
风里夹 杂 着雨点。
Fēng lǐ jiāzázhe yǔdiǎn.
Raindrops were mixed in with the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夹杂
当时的情况很复 杂 。
Dāngshí de qíngkuàng hěn fùzá.
The situation at the time was complicated.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 当时
这个问题太复 杂 了。
Zhège wèntí tài fùzá le.
This problem is too complicated.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 复杂
案件情节比较复 杂 。
Ànjiàn qíngjié bǐjiào fùzá.
The circumstances of the case are rather complex.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 情节
这个 杂 技团很有名。
Zhège zájì tuán hěn yǒumíng.
This acrobatic troupe is very famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杂技
他当时的心情很复 杂 。
Tā dāngshí de xīnqíng hěn fùzá.
His feelings at the time were complicated.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 复杂
这本 杂 志每月出一次。
Zhè běn zázhì měi yuè chū yí cì.
This magazine comes out once a month.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 杂志
她是这本 杂 志的编辑。
Tā shì zhè běn zázhì de biānjí.
She is the editor of this magazine.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 编辑
杂 志刊登了他的照片。
Zázhì kāndēng le tā de zhàopiàn.
The magazine carried his photograph.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刊登
杂 交品种的产量更高。
Zájiāo pǐnzhǒng de chǎnliàng gèng gāo.
Hybrid varieties give higher yields.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杂交
真相往往比传言复 杂 。
Zhēnxiàng wǎngwǎng bǐ chuányán fùzá.
The truth is usually more complicated than rumour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 真相
现在的情况有点儿复 杂 。
Xiànzài de qíngkuàng yǒudiǎnr fùzá.
The current situation is a bit complicated.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 情况
我在路上买了一本 杂 志。
Wǒ zài lù shàng mǎi le yì běn zázhì.
I bought a magazine on the way.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 杂志
他在 杂 志上发表了文章。
Tā zài zázhì shàng fābiǎo le wénzhāng.
He published an article in a magazine.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发表
请不要向水里投掷 杂 物。
Qǐng bú yào xiàng shuǐ lǐ tóuzhì záwù.
Please do not throw rubbish into the water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投掷
这道题的运算比较复 杂 。
Zhè dào tí de yùnsuàn bǐjiào fùzá.
The calculation in this problem is rather complex.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 运算
杂 志做了一期教育专题。
Zázhì zuò le yì qī jiàoyù zhuāntí.
The magazine ran a special issue on education.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 专题
他的普通话里夹 杂 着方言。
Tā de pǔtōnghuà lǐ jiāzázhe fāngyán.
His Mandarin is mixed with dialect.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夹杂
孩子们看 杂 技看得入了迷。
Háizimen kàn zájì kàn de rù le mí.
The children were entranced by the acrobatics.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杂技
科学家培育出了 杂 交水稻。
Kēxuéjiā péiyù chū le zájiāo shuǐdào.
Scientists bred hybrid rice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杂交
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.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘈杂
把复 杂 的问题简化并不容易。
Bǎ fùzá de wèntí jiǎnhuà bìng bù róngyì.
Simplifying a complex problem is not easy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 简化
这台机器可以过滤水中的 杂 质。
Zhè tái jīqì kěyǐ guòlǜ shuǐ zhōng de zázhì.
This machine can filter impurities out of the water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过滤
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杂 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 杂 used in a sentence?
This page shows 26 sentences using 杂 (zá, "Miscellaneous (mixed - various - to mix)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 杂 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 杂 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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