在家

Character by character

• 在zài6 strokesHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
• 家jiā10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 傢house, home, residence; family

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我在家。

  Wǒ zài jiā

  I am at home.

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• 他不在家。

  Tā bù zài jiā

  He's not home.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 在家. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 在zàiHSK 1

  to 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 zàiHSK 1

  now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

• 家jiāHSK 1

  home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

• 大家dà jiāHSK 2

  everyone; influential family; great expert

• 国家guó jiāHSK 1

  country; nation; state

• 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1

  just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)

• 回家huí jiāHSK 1

  to return home

• 存在cún zàiHSK 3

  to exist; to be; existence

• 家庭jiā tíngHSK 2

  family; household

• 家里jiā lǐHSK 1

  home

• 专家zhuān jiāHSK 3

  expert; specialist

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

  really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality

• 家人jiā rénHSK 1

  family member; (old) servant

• 家伙jiā huoHSK 7

  household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon

• 人家rén jiāHSK 4

  household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be

• 在于zài yúHSK 4

  to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with

• 所在suǒ zàiHSK 5

  place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located

• 家长jiā zhǎngHSK 2

  head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child

• 家族jiā zúHSK 7

  family; clan

• 在乎zài huHSK 4

  to care about; equivalent of 在于

• 作家zuò jiāHSK 2

  author

• 在场zài chǎngHSK 5

  to be present; to be on the scene

• 科学家kē xué jiāHSK 2

  scientist

• 家具jiā jùHSK 3

  furniture