HSK 6 · Verbs

夹杂 jiāzá “to be mixed with” in Chinese

Traditional 夾雜

What 夹杂 means

  1. to be mixed with
  2. to be mingled with
  3. to mix together (disparate substances)
  4. to mingle
  5. a mix
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to be tangled up with

How to say 夹杂

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale夹jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale杂zá2nd tone, rising

夹杂 in a sentence

  1. 他的普通话里夹杂着一点儿上海口音。

    Tā de pǔtōnghuà lǐ jiāzá zhe yìdiǎnr Shànghǎi kǒuyīn.

    His Mandarin has a trace of a Shanghai accent.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 雨里夹杂着小雪花。

    Yǔ lǐ jiāzá zhe xiǎo xuěhuā.

    There were small snowflakes mixed in with the rain.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 夹杂 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 夹 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
夹jiāto press from either side
  • 夫man · fū
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
The character 杂 (zá) with each of its parts in a different colour
杂zámixed
  • 九nine · jiǔ
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 夹杂

夹 6 strokes · 杂 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 夹杂

Words with 夹

夹子jiāzi · clip

Words with 杂

复杂fùzá · complicated杂志zázhì · magazine嘈杂cáozá · noisy杂技zájì · acrobatics杂交zájiāo · to hybridise

More words: Common Verbs

监视jiānshì · to monitor践踏jiàntà · to trample检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect交叉jiāochā · to cross继承jìchéng · to inherit戒备jièbèi · to guard against解除jiěchú · to remove竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost

FAQs

夹杂 (jiāzá) means “to be mixed with” or “to be mingled with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāzá: jiā with a 1st tone, then zá with a 2nd 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, 夹杂 is written 夾雜. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaza with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夹杂 from the suggestions. Typing jiaza into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夹杂 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.