IDENTITY
在zàito be at/in; at, in (preposition)
HSK 1Top 7
CORE MEANING
to be at/in; at, in (preposition)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to be atHSK1
- 2.at; in (preposition)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 土earth radical (tǔ)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-left surround compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸③土
- earth; to exist on the ground
- placeholder for the upper strokes (IDS notation)
USAGE
Common words
现在xiànzàinow
正在zhèngzàiin the process of
存在cúnzàito exist
Graded examples
我在图书馆看书。Wǒ zài túshūguǎn kàn shū.HSK2
I am reading at the library.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Something standing on the earth (土) — "at" a place.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #7
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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