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正在 zhèngzài

正在 zhèngzài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 正在 zhèngzài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhèngzài | zheng4 zai4
English translation
in the process of (doing something or happening)
while (doing)

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Traditional form

正在 zhèngzài

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 正在 zhèngzài

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zhēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot ( zhǐ ) heading toward a city. Based on the original meaning "go on a military campaign", now written as zhēng . The meaning later shifted to "power", "rule" ( zhèng ), and "correct" ( zhēng ).

Positional decomposition

一止

Number of Strokes

5
zài

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Phonetic compound

cái

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

才土

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 正在 zhèngzài

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正在 zhèngzài zhǔ lái 款待 kuǎndài 客人 kèrén .

She was cooking fish as a treat.

zhēng zài chǎo dàn .

She is scrambling eggs.

hāi , ” 约翰 Yuē hàn shuì , “ 琪妮,顺便 shùnbiàn wèn wèn , 知道 zhīdào zhēng zài 离婚 líhūn ?

" Yeah, " Johnny said. " By the way, Ginny, you know I'm getting divorced?

yún zhēng zài xiǎo 山顶 shān dǐng shǎng 形成 xíngchéng .

Clouds are forming on the top of the hill.

de yǎn qíng Zēng duì 正在 zhèngzài 发生 fāshēng de 事情 shìqing 不加 bù jiā 理会 lǐ huì .

My eyes had been blinded to what was going on.

正在 zhèngzài Decomposition

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正在 zhèngzài Compounds

See all 120 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 正在 zhèngzài in their composition.

  • zhēng
    • shì
      • , , shī , , , , , , wěi , shí , shí , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wěi ,
    • dìng
      • zhàn , diàn , dìng , diàn , , dìng , dìng , dìng , dìng , dìng , , , , , zhàn , , , ,
    • Chǔ
      • chù , chù , Chǔ , , , chǔ ,
    • zhèng
    • zhēng
    • Yán
    • xuán
      • xuán , xuán , xuán , xuàn , xuàn , , ,
    • xiè
    • yān
      • niān , yàn , yān , yān , yān , , ,
    • gāng
      • gāng
    • zhèng , zhěng , zhèng , wāi , zhēng , , , , zhēng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • zài
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