在
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to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #363 U+5728
How 在 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 才 (phonetic, cái)
How to remember it
at · Heisig RSH #624
genie in the bottle + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 才
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 才 (cái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 才 sound component | cái | ability, talent, gift; just, only |
| 存 | cún | to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit |
| 财 | cái | riches, wealth, valuables |
| 材 | cái | timber; material, stuff; talent |
| 豺 | chái | wolf; cruel, mean, wicked |
Words containing 在
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大有人在 | dà yǒu rén zài | there are plenty of such people |
| 高高在上 | gāo gāo zài shàng | (idiom) situated high; aloft; (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses a… |
| 不自在 | bù zì zai | uneasy; ill at ease |
| 在地下 | zài dì xià | underground |
| 出门在外 | chū mén zài wài | to be away from home; to live away from one's family |
| 在家千日好，出门一时难 | zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán | lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home … |
| 美国在线 | Měi guó Zài xiàn | America Online (AOL) |
| 在下面 | zài xià miàn | underneath |
| 事在人为 | shì zài rén wéi | the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With eff… |
| 不在话下 | bù zài huà xià | to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch |
| 不在意 | bù zài yì | to pay no attention to; not to mind |
| 放在心上 | fàng zài xīn shàng | to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart |
| 无所不在 | wú suǒ bù zài | omnipresent |
| 无处不在 | wú chù bù zài | to be everywhere |
| 不在 | bù zài | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased |
| 在一起 | zài yī qǐ | together |
| 在地 | zài dì | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) |
| 自在 | zì zai | comfortable; at ease |
| 在家 | zài jiā | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差… |
| 放在眼里 | fàng zài yǎn lǐ | to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to |