在

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 他不在。

  Tā bù zài

  He is not here.

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• 我在家。

  Wǒ zài jiā

  I am at home.

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• 她不在。

  Tā bù zài

  She is absent.

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• 他在这里。

  Tā zài zhè lǐ

  He is here.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 在

• 在zài 4to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• 现在xiàn zài 4–4 now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
• 正在zhèng zài 4–4 just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
• 在家zài jiā 4–1 to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家)
• 实在shí zài 2–4 really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
• 存在cún zài 2–4 to exist; to be; existence
• 在于zài yú 4–2 to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with
• 在乎zài hu 4–5to care about; equivalent of 在于
• 不在乎bù zài hu 4–4–5 → 2–4–5not to care
• 所在suǒ zài 3–4 place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
• 在场zài chǎng 4–3 to be present; to be on the scene
• 处在chǔ zài 3–4 to be situated at; to find oneself at