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在zàito be at; in

Theme
Grammar
Level
First words
Strokes
6
Syllable
zai

How 在 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

在 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

我在学校。

Wǒ zài xuéxiào.

I am at school.

  • 我wǒI
  • 在zàito be at; in
  • 学校xuéxiàoschool

书在家里。

Shū zài jiā lǐ.

The book is at home.

  • 书shūbook
  • 在zàito be at; in
  • 家jiāhome
  • 里lǐinside; in

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

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  • 存
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