Initial:zVideo guide
Final(T3):àiVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Above left surround
Strokes:
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Traditional:
在
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.(indicating where a person or a thing is); be at, in or on (a place)
老师在教室。
Teacher is in the classroom.
书在桌子上。
The book is on the table.
请把车停在指定位置。
Please park your car at the designated position.
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- 2
adv.(indicating an action in progress); in course of
他在踢足球。
He's playing football.
雨还在下。
The rain keeps coming down.
他在聊天。
He's having a chat.
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- 3
v.exist; be alive
我父母都还在。
Both my parents are still alive.
精神永在。
The spirit still exists.
问题还在，没有解决。
The problem still exists, it's not solved yet.
- 4
v.lie in; depend on; consist in
贵在坚持。
Persistence is more valuable than anything else.
成败在你自己的努力。
The success or failure of the matter depends on your own effort.
去还是不去在你自己。
It's up to you whether you go or not.
- 5
v.join or belong to an organization
在党
be a member of a party
- 6
prep.(indicating time, place, scope, etc.); used to express a point in time
在此期间
during this period
在中午
at noon
在半夜
in the midnight
在车站
at the station
synonym
Words and phrases with 在
- 在逃[word]be on the run
- 在握[word]be in one's grasp
- 在途[word]en route
- 在心[word]be attentive
- 在册[word]be registered
- 在理[word]reasonable
- 在乎[word]depend on; care about
- 在编[word]be on the permanent staff
- 在野党[word]opposition party
- 在在皆是[idiom]can be seen everywhere
- 在官言官[idiom]from the strictly official point of view
- 在家出家[idiom]One who, though retaining family ties, observes all the monastic rules.
- 在此一举[idiom]hang upon this single action
- 在所不辞[idiom]will not refuse under any circumstances
- 在所不免[idiom]can hardly be avoided
- 在所不惜[idiom]will never balk at
- 在天之灵[idiom]soul/spirit of the deceased
- 在劫难逃[idiom]if you're doomed, you're doomed