Chinese words starting with “zai”
23 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zai. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial z · final ai · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 6
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 16
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 再次zài cìHSK 5
one more time; again; one more; once again
- 在于zài yúHSK 4
to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with
- 在家zài jiāHSK 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)
- 再见zài jiànHSK 1
goodbye; see you again later
All 23 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 在 | zài | p,v,d | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | |
| 2 | 再 | zài | d,g | again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) | |
| 3 | 再说 | zài shuō | v,c | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 4 | 在乎 | zài hu | v | to care about; equivalent of 在于 | |
| 5 | 在场 | zài chǎng | v,vn | to be present; to be on the scene | |
| 6 | 在意 | zài yì | v | to care about; to mind | |
| 7 | 灾难 | zāi nàn | n | disaster; catastrophe | |
| 8 | 在内 | zài nèi | u,v | (included) in it; among them | |
| 9 | 再度 | zài dù | d | once more; once again; one more time | |
| 10 | 宰 | zǎi | v | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | |
| 11 | 再也 | zài yě | d | (not) any more | |
| 12 | 再生 | zài shēng | v,vn | to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration | |
| 13 | 栽 | zāi | v | to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down | |
| 14 | 灾 | zāi | n | disaster; calamity | |
| 15 | 在线 | zài xiàn | vn,b | online | |
| 16 | 再现 | zài xiàn | v,vn | to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic) | |
| 17 | 再三 | zài sān | d | over and over again; again and again | |
| 18 | 灾害 | zāi hài | n | calamity; disaster | |
| 19 | 栽培 | zāi péi | v,vn | to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize | |
| 20 | 在职 | zài zhí | vn,v | to be employed; to be in post; on-the-job | |
| 21 | 载体 | zài tǐ | n | carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium | |
| 22 | 灾区 | zāi qū | n | disaster area; stricken region | |
| 23 | 再接再厉 | zài jiē zài lì | v | to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts |
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