Chinese words starting with “za”
6 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable za. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial z · final a · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 5
- 3rd tone 1
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 杂志zá zhìHSK 3
magazine
All 6 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 砸 | zá | v | to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle | |
| 2 | 咋 | zǎ | r | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 3 | 杂 | zá | a,ad,v | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 4 | 杂交 | zá jiāo | vn | to hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuity | |
| 5 | 杂技 | zá jì | n | acrobatics | |
| 6 | 杂乱无章 | zá luàn wú zhāng | l | disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic |
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