在

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
在-bw.png
Stroke order
在-order.gif

Han character [edit]

在 (radical 32 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大中土 (KLG), four-corner 40214)

  1. be at, in, on
  2. consist in, rest

References [edit]

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 224, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 418, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5728

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

在 (Yale joi6)

Synonyms [edit]

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

在 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

  • 在職 (ざいしょく, zaishoku)
  • 在世 (ざいせ, zaise)
  • 在籍 (ざいせき, zaiseki)
  • 在宅 (ざいたく, zaitaku)
  • 在任 (ざいにん, zainin)
  • 在来 (ざいらい, zairai)
  • 在留 (ざいりゅう, zairyū)
  • 存在 (そんざい, sonzai)
  • 在日 (ざいにち, zainichi)

Noun [edit]

在 (hiragana ざい, romaji zai)

  1. as an abbreviation of 在郷 (ざいごう, zaigō), countryside or outskirts

Prefix [edit]

在 (hiragana ざい, romaji zai)

  1. residing in

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

在 (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae)

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

在 (pinyin zài (zai4), Wade-Giles tsai4)

Adverb [edit]

在 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zài)

  1. be ...-ing

Preposition [edit]

在 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zài)

  1. in, at
我住在中国 - I live in China.

Verb [edit]

在 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zài)

  1. exist, be

Compounds [edit]

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

在 (tại)

Preposition [edit]

在

  1. in
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=在&oldid=19941079"