在乎 zàihu▶ quan tâm

Stroke order

在乎 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 在 — 6 strokes
• 乎 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)
2. (often used in the negative) to care about

Related words

• 似乎Dường như, có vẻ như
• 在于tùy thuộc vào
• 存在sự tồn tại
• 内在vốn có; cố hữu
• 在意quan tâm
• 实在thực sự

在乎 is pronounced zàihu and means “quan tâm”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 在乎 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.