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zài

HSK 1 · word 452 of 3,000

Meaning

How it's used

Where something is — 我在家 — and, before a verb, that it's happening right now: 我在吃饭. The second use is the ordinary way to say "-ing"; 正在 is the same thing with emphasis on this very moment.

Example sentence

不必在意。

bú bì zài yì

Forget it.

Words containing 在

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