正在
Right now
HSK 1 · 4 examples
Speed
正在 (+ 在) + verb means you are in the middle of doing it at this moment. A friendly 呢 often closes the sentence.
For a general state rather than 'right now', plain 在 or nothing at all is enough.
Examples
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I am eating right now.
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He is on the phone.
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It is raining outside right now.
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What are you doing?
Watch out
- 正在 is about this moment; 经常/常常 is about habits.
- 句尾的「呢」可加可不加，加了听起来更自然。
Words in these examples
All 12 words used in the examples above — tap any word in an example to look it up in place. Words above this level are marked new.
- 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
- 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
- 吃饭chī fànHSK 1to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 他tāHSK 1other, another; he, she, it
- 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1to make a telephone call
- 外面wài miànnewoutside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 下雨xià yǔHSK 1to rain
- 呢neHSK 1interrogative or emphatic final; (Cant.) this
- 你nǐHSK 1you, second person pronoun
- 在zàiHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 做zuòHSK 1work, make; act
- 什么shén meHSK 1what?; something; anything