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在
1. Exist to be
- 存在 (cún zài) Exist / Existence
- 在意 (zài yì) Be affected by / To mind Literal. Existing notion
- 在乎 (zài hū) Be concern about / To care
- 现在 (zài hū) Now Literal. Current existence
- 在一起 (zài yī qǐ) Together Literal. To be together
2. At / In to be somewhere
Prefix added before a location
- 在学校 (zài xúe xiào) At school
- 在英国 (zài yīng gúo) In England
3. In the midst of (doing something)
Prefix added before an activity
- 在开会 (zài kāi hùi) In a meeting
- 在煮饭 (zài zhú fàn) In the midst of cooking
- 在打电话 (zài dǎ diàn huà) In the midst of a phone call
+ A LITTLE MORE +
- 你在哪 (nǐ zài nǎ)? Where are you? Literal. You at where?
- 你现在在哪 (nǐ xiàn zài zài nǎ)? Where are you now? Literal. You currently at where?
- 无所不在 (wú súo bù zài) Everywhere / Omnipresent Literal. No place non-existence
- 远在天边，近在眼前 (yuǎn zài tiān biān, jìn zài yǎn qián) Literal. Far, be at the edge of the sky; near, be right before one's eyes – widely used to describe a person looking high and low for something or someone, unaware that this particular thing or person is, in fact, so close by