正在

Character by character

• 正zhèng5 strokesHSK 1right, proper, correct
• 在zài6 strokesHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest

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

Example sentences

• 我正在工作。

  Wǒ zhèng zài gōng zuò

  I'm working right now.

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• 他正在开会。

  Tā zhèng zài kāi huì

  He is in conference.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 正在. 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

• 正zhèngHSK 1

  straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive

• 真正zhēn zhèngHSK 2

  genuine; real; true; really; indeed

• 存在cún zàiHSK 3

  to exist; to be; existence

• 正常zhèng chángHSK 2

  regular; normal; ordinary

• 正确zhèng quèHSK 2

  correct; sound; right; proper

• 正是zhèng shìHSK 2

  is precisely

• 正式zhèng shìHSK 3

  formal; official

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

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

• 在于zài yúHSK 4

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

• 反正fǎn zhèngHSK 3

  anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side

• 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)

• 正好zhèng hǎoHSK 2

  just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that

• 所在suǒ zàiHSK 5

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

• 在乎zài huHSK 4

  to care about; equivalent of 在于

• 在场zài chǎngHSK 5

  to be present; to be on the scene

• 公正gōng zhèngHSK 5

  just; fair; equitable

• 正义zhèng yìHSK 5

  justice; righteousness; just; righteous

• 不在乎bù zài huHSK 4

  not to care

• 在意zài yìHSK 7

  to care about; to mind

• 处在chǔ zàiHSK 5

  to be situated at; to find oneself at

• 正当zhèng dàngHSK 6

  honest; reasonable; fair; sensible

• 正面zhèng miànHSK 7

  front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open