當在

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
trad. (當在)		當	在
simp. (当在)		当	在

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tông-chhai / tông-to

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-chhai / tông-to
    • Hakka Romanization System: dong´ cai / dong´ do
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dong¹ cai⁴ / dong¹ do⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵/, /toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵⁵/

Adverb

當在

1. (Hakka) in the process of; currently

   佢當在讀書。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
   佢当在读书。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

   Kì tông-chhai thu̍k-sû. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

   She/He is reading.

   • 你等禁食个時節，毋好像假好个人；佢等詐意憂愁，面裝到盡媸，佻佻俾人看出佢等當在禁食。𠊎實在㧯你等講，佢等恁樣做，已經得到佢等个報答了。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     你等禁食个时节，毋好像假好个人；佢等诈意忧愁，面装到尽媸，佻佻俾人看出佢等当在禁食。𠊎实在㧯你等讲，佢等恁样做，已经得到佢等个报答了。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 6:16

     Ngì-têu kim-sṳ̍t ke sṳ̀-chiet, m̀-hó chhiong ká-hó ke ngìn; kì-têu cha-yi yù-sèu, mien chông-to chhin ché, thiâu-thiâu pûn ngìn khon-chhut kì-têu -tông chhai kim-sṳ̍t. Ngài sṳ̍t-chhai lâu ngì-têu kóng, kì-têu án-ngiòng cho, yí-kîn tet-tó kì-têu ke po-tap lé. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     [W]hen you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. (World English Bible)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Guilin	在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺度
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 在該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著𡅏, 𡅏
	Fuqing	著𡅏
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著𡅏
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時
	Tainan	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 佇咧
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在
Wu	Shanghai	辣, 辣辣, 辣海
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭