在

The character "在" has 6 strokes. "在" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "在" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "在" are "zài" . View the stroke order of "在">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "在"

v.: exist; be alive; be at/in/on (a place); be on the job; be at the post; be a member of an organization; lie in; consist in; depend on; rest with

prep.: at/in (a place or time)

• exist : v.存在；实际上有；生存；生活；被发现
• lie in : 在于；赖床；上床待产
• consist in : 存在于
• depend on : 取决于；依赖, 依靠
• rest with : 休息；取决于；在于

Form words with "在"

在在皆是 can be seen everywhere

在晚上 in the evening; at night

在幕后 be in the background

在旗 be a bannerman

在家里 be at home; be in

在市郊 in the suburbs (of)

在源头 at the source (of)

在组织 belong to a certain organization

在家人 layman

在下午 in the afternoon

在度蜜月 be on one's honeymoon

在中午 at noon

在不同程度上 in varying degrees

在上海港上岸 land at the Shanghai port

在京城供事 work in the capital

在窗户下方 beneath the window

生活在水里 live in water

在城里游荡 gad about town

在旅店住宿 put up at an inn

在车站闲荡 loiter around a station

Example phrases using "在"

• 这夹克太小了，绷在身上不舒服。

  This jacket is too small and uncomfortably tight.

• 那个人有好几天没在村里露脸了。

  That man had not appeared in the village for several days.

• 在这个油田有许多新的油井投产。

  A number of new wells were brought in in the oilfield.

• 污染地球大气在道义上是屈理的。

  Poisoning the earth’s atmosphere is morally unjustifiable.

• 他认为美不是外在的而是内在的。

  He believed that beauty was not something imposed but something immanent.

• 在马鞍下放个软垫以免蹭破马背。

  Put a soft pad under the saddle to avoid chafing the horse’s back.

• 这种疾病在洪涝地区蔓延得很快。

  The illness runs rife quickly in the flood-stricken area.

• 不管在什么场合，他从没犯过怵。

  Under no circumstances has he ever been found diffident.

• 乐曲在这里由C大调转为A小调。

  Here the music modulates from C major to A minor.

• 找不到工作，他整天在外面晃荡。

  Unable to find a job, he loafs around all day long.