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Definition(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing something; (indicating an action in progress)
Traditional CharactersSame
Mandarin (Pinyin)zài
Parts of Speech(动) verb, (介) preposition, (副) adverb
Topical Word ListsPart of language/activities/giving directions

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Words With Same Head Word    
在于zàiyúlies in (the fact that)
在座zàizuòbe present
在乎zàihudetermined by; to care about; to mind
在意zàiyìto care about; to mind
在世zàishìbe livng; exist
Words With Same Tail Word    
现在xiànzàinow; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
正在zhèngzàiin the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)
存在cúnzàito exist; to be
实在shízàiin reality; honestly; really; verily; concrete
所在suǒzàiplace; location; whereabouts; domicile; to be located; to belong to (organization etc)
E.g.: 中文

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