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zài

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zài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zài | zai4
English translation
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense

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About zài

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

zài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of zài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

才土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cái

Explanation

Origin unclear.

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Example sentences using zài

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所有 suǒyǒu 喇叭 lǎba dōu jiē zài 单一 dān yī de 扩音器 kuò yīn qì shǎng .

All the speakers hook up to a single amplifier.

zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

zài xià 之前 zhī qián , Hēi yún 使 shǐ 天空 tiānkōng 变得 biàn de 黑暗 hēi àn le .

Thick clouds darkened the sky before the rain fell.

bǐng ān suān zài zhuǎn ān 作用 zuòyòng Zhōng 似乎 sìhū shì gēng hǎo de 氨基酸 ān jī suān .

Alanine appears to be the preferred amino acid in the transamination.

zài 会议 huìyì shǎng xié zhāo yǎn kān .

He looked sideways at me in the meeting.

Words with zài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zài (located) at zài
现在 xiànzài now現在
正在 zhèngzài just at (that time)正在 zhèngzài
存在 cúnzài to exist存在 cúnzài
实在 shízài really實在
在于 zàiyú to be in在於
所在 suǒ zài place所在 suǒ zài
在乎 zàihu to care about在乎 zàihu
不在乎 bù zài hu not to care不在乎 bù zài hu
不在 bù zài to be out不在 bù zài
在场 zài chǎng to be present在場
在此 zài cǐ hereto在此 zài cǐ
在内 zài nèi among them在內
在线 zài xiàn online在線
在意 zàiyì to mind在意 zàiyì
处在 chǔ zài to be situated at處在
潜在 qián zài hidden潛在
在下 zài xià under在下 zài xià
内在 nèizài inner內在
在外 zài wài outer在外 zài wài
旨在 zhǐ zài to be intended to旨在 zhǐ zài
好在 hǎo zài luckily好在 hǎo zài
自在 zì zai free自在 zì zai

zài Decomposition & Compounds

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zài Decomposition

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zài Compounds

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