在 zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 才 ability, talent, gift 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
在
zài
at, in; to be (somewhere)
Character
Example phrases
- 我在学校。 Wǒ zài xuéxiào. I'm at school.
- 妈妈在医院。 Māma zài yīyuàn. Mom is at the hospital.
- 书在桌子上。 Shū zài zhuōzi shang. The book is on the table.
Related words
- 现在 xiànzài now
- 在家 zàijiā at home
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 有 yǒu to have; there is
- 有的 yǒude some
- 有些 yǒuxiē some; somewhat
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 没有 méiyǒu not have, there is no; did not
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 不用 búyòng no need to