杂志

Character by character

• 杂zá6 strokesHSK 3 traditional 雜mixed, blended; mix, mingle
• 志zhì7 strokesHSK 3 traditional 誌purpose, will, determination; annals

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这是报纸还是杂志？

  Zhè shì bào zhǐ hái shi zá zhì

  Is this a newspaper or a magazine?

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• 任何一本杂志都行。

  Rèn hé yī běn zá zhì dōu xíng

  Any magazine will do.

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• 他是时代杂志的记者。

  Tā shì shí dài zá zhì de jì zhě

  He is a reporter for Time magazine.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 杂志. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 同志tóng zhìHSK 7

  comrade; (slang) homosexual

• 复杂fù záHSK 3

  complicated; complex

• 标志biāo zhìHSK 4

  sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark

• 意志yì zhìHSK 5

  will; willpower; determination

• 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěHSK 3

  volunteer

• 杂záHSK 6

  mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix

• 志愿zhì yuànHSK 3

  aspiration; ambition; to volunteer

• 斗志dòu zhìHSK 7

  will to fight; fighting spirit

• 杂交zá jiāoHSK 7

  to hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuity

• 杂技zá jìHSK 7

  acrobatics

• 嘈杂cáo zá

  noisy; clamorous

• 夹杂jiā zá

  to mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix; to be tangled up with

• 错综复杂cuò zōng fù záHSK 7

  tangled and complicated (idiom)

• 志气zhì qìHSK 7

  ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit

• 励志lì zhìHSK 7

  to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational

• 杂乱无章zá luàn wú zhāngHSK 7

  disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic

• 众志成城zhòng zhì chéng chéngHSK 7

  unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)