正在

正在 zhèngzài in a sentence

Right now (in the process of)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 5 sentences

正在 (zhèngzài) means Right now (in the process of). Below are 5 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

正在 吃饭。

Wǒ zhèngzài chī fàn.

I am eating right now.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 正在

正在 打电话。

Tā zhèngzài dǎ diànhuà.

He is on the phone at the moment.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 正在

正在 准备考试。

Wǒ zhèngzài zhǔnbèi kǎoshì.

I am preparing for an exam.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 准备

医生 正在 研究癌症。

Yīshēng zhèngzài yánjiū áizhèng.

Doctors are researching cancer.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 癌症

警察 正在 调查这个案件。

Jǐngchá zhèngzài diàochá zhège ànjiàn.

The police are investigating this case.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 案件

Questions about 正在

How is 正在 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 正在 (zhèngzài, "Right now (in the process of)"), 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.

Is 正在 an HSK word?

Yes — 正在 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 正在?

The dictionary page for 正在 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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