夹杂

夾雜

jiāzá

verb #25,211

Meanings

1 to mix together
2 to mingle
3 to be interspersed with
4 to be tangled up with

Characters

to clamp / to sandwich / to mix in

mixed / assorted / miscellaneous

Examples

他的话里夹杂着英语单词。

Tā de huà lǐ jiāzá zhe Yīngyǔ dāncí.

His speech was interspersed with English words.

人群中夹杂着各种声音和气味。

Rénqún zhōng jiāzá zhe gèzhǒng shēngyīn hé qìwèi.

The crowd was a mix of all kinds of sounds and smells.

Tips

usage

夹杂 implies that different things are mixed together, often somewhat disorderly or unexpectedly. It frequently describes speech mixing languages, or a situation combining disparate elements.

Stroke Order

夹 jiā

杂 zá