正在
zhèng zàiㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: CHÍNH TẠI
Traditional: 正在
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Meaning(adverb)
just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
Examples
我正在吃饭。
wǒ zhèng zài chī fàn.
I'm eating right now.
工人们正在检查机器。
gōng rén men zhèng zài jiǎn chá jī qì.
The workers are checking the machines.
他正在开会，请等一下。
tā zhèng zài kāi huì, qǐng děng yí xià.
He's in a meeting, please wait a moment.
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Stroke order
CHÍNH · 5 strokes
first month of the lunar year
TẠI · 6 strokes
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
Related words
- 真正 zhēn zhèng — genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 正常 zhèng cháng — regular; normal; ordinary
- 正确 zhèng què — correct; sound; right; proper
- 正式 zhèng shì — formal; official
- 正好 zhèng hǎo — just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 正 zhèng — straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 反正 fǎn zhèng — anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
- 改正 gǎi zhèng — to correct; to amend; to put right; correction