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
在家
zàijiā
at home
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 今天我在家。 Jīntiān wǒ zài jiā. I'm at home today.
- 昨天我在家。 Zuótiān wǒ zài jiā. I was at home yesterday.
- 你妈妈在家吗？ Nǐ māma zài jiā ma? Is your mom at home?
Related words
- 现在 xiànzài now
- 在 zài at, in; to be (somewhere)
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 家 jiā home, family
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 回家 huíjiā to go home
- 家里 jiālǐ at home, in the family
- 家人 jiārén family member
- 住 zhù to live, to stay
- 帮忙 bāngmáng to help, to do a favor
- 帮 bāng to help
- 一起 yìqǐ together