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正在

zhèng zài
HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. just at (that time)
  2. 2. right in (that place)
  3. 3. right in the middle of (doing sth)

Example Sentences

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他們 正在 討論這個問題。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 839604)
電話 正在 響。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 710667)
嬰兒 正在 搖籃裡睡覺。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 900701)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Child Words of 正在

正
zhèng

straight

正
zhēng

first month of the lunar year

在
zài

to exist; to be alive