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在乎 zàihu

在乎 zàihu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 在乎 zàihu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zàihu | zai4 hu5
English translation
to care about
equivalent of 在於
>在于 zàiyú [zài yú]

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Traditional form

在乎 zàihu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 在乎 zàihu

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zài

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Phonetic compound

cái

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

才土

Number of Strokes

6

Explanation

Depicts air flowing from breath. Based on the original meaning "exhale", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

丿 piě ⿻? ha

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 在乎 zàihu

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如此 rú cǐ 满不在乎 mǎn bù zài hu de 回答 huídá Jiào 怀疑 huáiyí 是不是 shì bù shì yǐn Cuò le 的话 de huà .

He answered in such an offhand manner that I wondered if he'd misheard me.

好象 hǎo xiàng duì 什么 shénme dōu 不在乎 bù zài hu .

He didn't seem to mind any kind of hardship.

嘉莉不在乎 bù zài hu zǒu duō yuǎn .

Carrie doesn't care how far she has to walk.

tiān 下来 xià lai 不在乎 bù zài hu .

What recks he if the sky should fall?

发誓 fāshì yuàn wéi 那些 nà xiē 不在乎 bù zài hu de rén 冒险 màoxiǎn 陪上我的性命 xìngmìng ?

I pledge to risk my life for those who don't care about mine?

在乎 zàihu Decomposition

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在乎 zàihu Compounds

See all 24 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 在乎 zàihu in their composition.

  • zài
      • xià
      • , , ,
      • ào
        • ō , ào , , ,
      • chén ,
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