HSK 6 · Media

杂技 zájì “acrobatics” in Chinese

Traditional 雜技

What 杂技 means

  1. acrobatics

Measure word 场 chǎng · 一场杂技 yì chǎng zájì

How to say 杂技

  • 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技jì4th tone, falling

杂技 in a sentence

  1. 当然，杂技演员必须有完美的平衡感。

    Dāngrán, zájì yǎnyuán bìxū yǒu wánměi de pínghéng gǎn.

    Of course, an acrobat must have a perfect sense of balance.

    Sentence #10201151 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 杂技 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 技 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
技jìskill
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 支branch · zhīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 支 (zhī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 杂技

杂 6 strokes · 技 7 strokes

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

Words related to 杂技

Words with 杂

复杂fùzá · complicated杂志zázhì · magazine夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with嘈杂cáozá · noisy杂交zájiāo · to hybridise

Words with 技

技术jìshù · technology技巧jìqiǎo · skill

More words: Media & Arts

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FAQs

杂技 (zájì) means “acrobatics”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zájì: zá with a 2nd tone, then jì 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, 杂技 is written 雜技. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 场 (chǎng). For example, one acrobatics is 一场杂技 (yì chǎng zájì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 杂技 from the suggestions. Typing zaji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
杂技 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.