在 zài

ㄗㄞˋ

HSK 1 TOCFL Novice 1 常用国字6 strokestop 22 by use on the map →

1to exist; to be alive

2(of sb or sth) to be (located) at

3(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Etymology

pictophonetic · earth

Radical

土 · soil, earth; items made of earth

Composition

⿸才土

Writing

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Words with 在

在zài 现在xiànzài 在家zàijiā 正在zhèngzài 实在shízài 实在shízai 存在cúnzài 在于zàiyú 在乎zàihu 不在乎bùzàihu 内在nèizài 所在suǒzài 在场zàichǎng 处在chǔzài 在内zàinèi 自在zìzai 在意zàiyì 好在hǎozài

Often confused with

在 vs 再

Sounds like: zai4