在 (zài) means Located (in - at - exist). Below are 24 of the 214 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
床 在 窗户旁边。
chuáng zài chuāng hù pángbiān.
The bed is next to the window.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
它睡 在 我的椅子上。
tā shuì zài wǒ de(possessive) yǐ zǐ shàng.
He sleeps on my chair.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
八点，我 在 家吃早饭。
bā diǎn, wǒ zàijiā chī zǎofàn.
At eight I eat breakfast at home.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
我们想 在 山上看日出。
wǒmen xiǎng zài shānshàng kàn / kān rìchū.
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
现 在 是晚上，不下雨了。
xiànzài shì wǎnshang, bù xiàyǔ le / liǎo / liào.
It's evening now and the rain has stopped.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
可是我 在 沙发上睡着了。
kěshì wǒ zài shāfā shàng shuìzháole.
But I fell asleep on the sofa.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
From the travel phrasebook
我 在 门口等。
Wǒ zài ménkǒu děng.
I'm waiting at the entrance.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
From the grammar library
现 在 两点半。
Xiànzài liǎng diǎn bàn.
It's half past two.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
你 在 做什么呢？
Nǐ zài zuò shénme ne?
What are you doing?
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"
我 在 图书馆看书。
Wǒ zài túshūguǎn kàn shū.
I'm reading at the library.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"
我晚上 在 家看电视。
Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā kàn diànshì.
I watch TV at home in the evening.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
在 appears in 214 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 在
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 在
How is 在 used in a sentence?
This page shows 214 sentences using 在 (zài, "Located (in - at - exist)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 在 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 在 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 在 an HSK word?
Yes — 在 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 在?
The dictionary page for 在 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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