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HSK 1
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)
在朝
zàicháo
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
在握
zàiwò
(fig.) to hold in one's hands
正在
zhèngzài
in the process of (doing something or happening)
何在
hézài
where?
同在
tóngzài
to be with
在行
zàiháng
to be adept at sth
在职
zàizhí
to be employed
早在
zǎozài
as early as
自在
zìzai
free
闲在
xiánzai
at leisure
在意
zàiyì
to care about
在野
zàiyě
be out of (political) office
好在
hǎozài
luckily
在途
zàitú
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
在理
zàilǐ
reasonable
不在
bùzài
not to be present
实在
shízài
really
旨在
zhǐzài
with the purpose of
潜在
qiánzài
hidden
现在
xiànzài
now
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
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 5
- Word Frequency Rank
- 8 of 84,292