Memory phrase for the character: 在

在

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Meaning

to exist, (located) at, (to be) in, in the middle of doing sth

Pronunciation

zài

Explanation

 Outside: var. of talent 才 (If the big 大 man balances on one foot, he is talented.), bottom: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
The talents on earth exist in being ..

Radicals

才 talentWhen the big 大 person balances on one foot, he is talented. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
土 earth, groundPay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.




 Vocabulary

现在 xiàn zài  now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
逍遥自在 xiāo yáo zì zai  free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large
迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié  pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
朦在鼓里 méng zài gǔ lǐ  lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark
心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān  absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
在座 zài zuò  be present
谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好 shéi xiào zài zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  He laughs best who laughs last.
在位 zài wèi  on the throne; reigning (monarch)
内在 nèi zài  intrinsic; innate
在世 zài shì  to be alive
在下 zài xià  under; myself (humble)
 

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