HSK 4 · Objects

杂志 zázhì “magazine” in Chinese

Traditional 雜誌

What 杂志 means

  1. magazine

Measure word 本 běn or 份 fèn · 一本杂志 yì běn zázhì

How to say 杂志

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale杂zá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale志zhì4th tone, falling

杂志 in a sentence

  1. 那家店卖报纸和杂志。

    Nà jiā diàn mài bàozhǐ hé zázhì.

    That shop sells newspapers and magazines.

    Sentence #349668 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是报纸还是杂志？

    Zhè shì bàozhǐ háishi zázhì?

    Is this a newspaper or a magazine?

    Sentence #813434 from Tatoeba

  3. 我能看一眼那本杂志吗？

    Wǒ néng kàn yìyǎn nà běn zázhì ma?

    Can I have a look at the magazine?

    Sentence #334833 from Tatoeba

How 杂志 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 杂 (zá) with each of its parts in a different colour
杂zámixed
  • 九nine · jiǔ
  • 木tree · mù
The character 志 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
志zhìaspiration
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 杂志

杂 6 strokes · 志 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

杂志 (zázhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 杂志 (zázhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 杂志

Words with 杂

复杂fùzá · complicated夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with嘈杂cáozá · noisy杂技zájì · acrobatics杂交zájiāo · to hybridise

Words with 志

标志biāozhì · sign志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer意志yìzhì · will志气zhìqì · aspiration同志tóngzhì · comrade

More words: Everyday Things

钥匙yàoshi · key印象yìnxiàng · impression羽毛球yǔmáoqiú · shuttlecock原因yuányīn · cause责任zérèn · responsibility知识zhīshi · knowledge质量zhìliàng · quality重点zhòngdiǎn · key point

FAQs

杂志 (zázhì) means “magazine”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zázhì: zá with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 杂志 is written 雜誌. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 本 (běn) or 份 (fèn). For example, one magazine is 一本杂志 (yì běn zázhì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zazhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 杂志 from the suggestions. Typing zazhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
杂志 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.