在家

Meaning

在家 (zài jiā) is a Level 1 word in the HSK 3.0 standard, ranked #196 among the most frequent Chinese words.

1. to be at home
2. (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1])
3. (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])

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Character by character

How each character reads inside this word. Open a character for its stroke order, components and other words.

• 在 zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (u… Stroke order →
• 家 jiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier fo… Stroke order →

Related words

HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 在家 come first.