在 (zài)
To be at/in/on; (progressive marker) in the middle of doing something.
How 在 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 𠂇 — left hand
- Traditional
- 在
- Simplified
- 在 (unchanged)
Components
- 𠂇 left hand
- 亻 human
- 土 earth
Common words using 在
- 在一起 zàiyīqǐ
- together
- 在乎 zàihu
- determined by; to care about; to mind
- 在於 zàiyú
- to be in; to lie in; to consist in
- 存在 cúnzài
- to exist; to be; existence
- 實在 shízài
- really; actually; indeed
- 正在 zhèngzài
- in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)
- 現在 xiànzài
- now; at present; at the moment
- 不在乎 bùzàihu
- not to care
- 不在了 bùzàile
- to be dead; to have passed away
- 不自在 bùzìzai
- uneasiness; feel uncomfortable
- 事在人為 shìzàirénwéi
- the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
- 何在 hézài
- where?; what place?
在 in a sentence
我現在正在吃晚餐。
Wǒ xiànzài zhèngzài chī wǎncān.
“I am currently eating dinner.”
How common is 在?
在 is the 6th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 10.3% of all running text.
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