在 zài▶ ở; tại

Stroke order

在 is written in 6 strokes.

• 在

Senses

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)

Example sentences

• 我在家看书。Wǒ zài jiā kàn shū.I read at home.
• 他在学校学习。Tā zài xuéxiào xuéxí.He studies at school.

Related words

• 现在bây giờ
• 正在đang là
• 实在thực sự
• 在乎quan tâm
• 在于tùy thuộc vào
• 存在sự tồn tại

在 is pronounced zài and means “ở; tại”. HSK 1 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 在 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.