在
HSK 1freq #5
Meanings
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- 1.to exist; to be alive
- 2.(of sb or sth) to be (located) at
- 3.(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to exist; to be present; to be alive
- 2.to be at; to be in; to be located
- 3.Indicates progressive aspect; be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something
- 4.in; at
- 5.during; in
- 6.to lie in; to rest with
- 7.to be at the post
- 8.a surname
- 9.steady
- 10.solid, confident, and collected under pressure; skilled
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs): phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) + phonetic 士 (OC *zrɯʔ). In the oracle bone script and some of the bronze inscriptions, 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) is phonetically borrowed to represent this word; a phonetic 士 (OC *zrɯʔ) was added later. 士 eventually corrupted into 土 (“earth”). Probably related to 栽 (OC *ʔslɯː, “to plant”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
在下雨。
It is raining.
在那裡。
It's over there.
在下雨。
It's raining.
你在吗？
Are you there?
她在哭。
She was crying.
誰在玩？
Who was playing?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
一技在身不在不在乎不在了不在人間不在人间不在地主不在少數不在少数不在心上不在意不在意下不在行不在話下不在话下不自在丟在腦後丢在脑后事在人為事在人为事在必行人亡物在人生在世何在健在優游自在优游自在內在内在內在美
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Related words
现在 now; at present; currently正在 to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing存在 to exist实在 really在于 to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)在家 to be at home所在 place在乎 to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)在场 to be present; to be on the scene在意 to care about处在 to be situated at在内 (included) in it