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Pinyin: zài
English Definition: (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
Chinese Definition:
①存,居:存在。健在。青春长在。
②存留于某地点:在家。在职。在位。
③关于某方面,指出着重点:在于(a.指出事物的本质所在,或指出事物以什么为内容;b.决定于)。在乎。事在人为。
④表示动作的进行:他在种地。
⑤介词,表示事情的时间、地点、情形、范围等:在逃。在望。在握。在理。在朝(cháo)。在野。在世。
⑥和“所”连用,表示强调:在所不辞。无所不在。
Total strokes: 6; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Surround from upper left
    • [ cái ] ability, talent, gift; just, only
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
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Example Words
现在 xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
正在 zhèng zài just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
存在 cún zài to exist; to be; existence
在于 zài to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with
实在 shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
More: 在* | *在 | *在*
Example Sentences
1
Where is she?
2
Where are you?
3
What time is it now?
4
Mom is not at home.
5
She is cooking.