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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)
女儿最近喜欢把头发放在耳朵后面，你知道为什么吗？
Nǚ'ér zuìjìn xǐhuan bǎ tóufa fàng zài ěrduo hòumian, nǐ zhīdào wèishénme ma?
My daughter recently likes to put her hair behind her ears. Do you know why?
Text 1
每一个人都希望成功，可是很多时候，在成功之前会遇到很多困难。
Měi yí gè rén dōu xīwàng chénggōng, kěshì hěn duō shíhou, zài chénggōng zhīqián huì yùdào hěn duō kùnnán.
Everyone hopes to succeed, but often, before success, people encounter many difficulties.
Text 5
现在的大学生一遇到不明白的问题，可以马上在网上查找答案，几秒钟就把问题解决了，这比我们上学的时候方便多了。
Xiànzài de dàxuéshēng yí yùdào bù míngbái de wèntí, kěyǐ mǎshàng zài wǎngshàng cházhǎo dá'àn, jǐ miǎozhōng jiù bǎ wèntí jiějué le, zhè bǐ wǒmen shàngxué de shíhòu fāngbiàn duō le.
Nowadays, college students can immediately look up answers online when they encounter a question they don't understand and solve it in a few seconds. This is much more convenient than when we were in school.
Text 2
筷子在中国大约已经有3000多年的历史了。
Kuàizi zài Zhōngguó dàyuē yǐjīng yǒu sān qiān duō nián de lìshǐ le.
Chopsticks have a history of over 3,000 years in China.
Text 4
你还记得王红吗？我在报纸上看到一篇关于她的新闻，她现在已经是一个有名的作家了。
Nǐ hái jìde Wáng Hóng ma? Wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng kàndào yì piān guānyú tā de xīnwén, tā xiànzài yǐjīng shì yí gè yǒumíng de zuòjiā le.
Do you still remember Wang Hong? I saw a news story about her in the newspaper, and she is already a famous writer now.
Text 3
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
你吃过水果饭吗？你在饭馆的菜单上见过水果饭吗？你想学着做水果饭吗？
Nǐ chī guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? Nǐ zài fànguǎn de càidān shàng jiàn guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? Nǐ xiǎng xué zhe zuò shuǐguǒ fàn ma?
Have you eaten fruit rice? Have you seen fruit rice on a restaurant menu? Do you want to learn to make fruit rice?
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 5
- Word Frequency Rank
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