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在
zài
1.
(located) at
2.
(to be) in
3.
to exist
4.
in the middle of doing sth
5.
(indicating an action in progress)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不在
bùzài
not to be present
何在
hézài
where?
内在
nèizài
intrinsic
同在
tóngzài
to be with
在下
zàixià
under
在世
zàishì
to be alive
在乎
zàihu
to care about
在位
zàiwèi
on the throne
在先
zàixiān
to come first
在内
zàinèi
including
在前
zàiqián
ahead
在即
zàijí
near at hand
在地
zàidì
local
在场
zàichǎng
to be present
在外
zàiwài
outer
在座
zàizuò
to be present
在后
zàihòu
behind
在意
zàiyì
to care about
在握
zàiwò
(fig.) to hold in one's hands
在教
zàijiào
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
Example Sentences (10)
我不喜欢一直住在一个城市，想去其他城市看一看。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan yìzhí zhù zài yí gè chéngshì, xiǎng qù qítā chéngshì kàn yí kàn.
I don't like living in one city all the time; I want to go see other cities.
Text 1
你在这个商店买过东西没有？
Nǐ zài zhège shāngdiàn mǎi guo dōngxi méiyǒu?
Have you ever bought anything at this store?
Text 4
先生，我们店的行李箱都在这里，请问您要什么样的？
Xiānsheng, wǒmen diàn de xínglǐxiāng dōu zài zhèlǐ, qǐngwèn nín yào shénme yàng de?
Sir, all the suitcases in our store are here. What kind would you like?
Text 3
第一印象就是在第一次见面时给别人留下的印象。
Dì yī yìnxiàng jiùshì zài dì yī cì jiànmiàn shí gěi biérén liú xià de yìnxiàng.
The first impression is the impression left on others when you first meet.
Text 5
你在忙什么呢？刚才打你的手机你也不接。
Nǐ zài máng shénme ne? Gāngcái dǎ nǐ de shǒujī nǐ yě bù jiē.
What are you doing? I just called your cell phone and you didn't answer.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 5
- Word Frequency Rank
- 8 of 84,292