正在

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad. (正在)		正	在

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngzài

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ zoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chèng-chǎi / chèng-chāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhèngzài
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtzay
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ zoi⁶
  - Yale: jing joih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dzoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ zoi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sɔːi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chǎi
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-tsǎi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡saɪ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chāi
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-tsāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangzai
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ²²/

Adverb

正在

in the process of; currently

我正在吃飯 / 我正在吃饭 ― wǒ zhèngzài chīfàn ― I'm eating.

我的孩子正在小學讀書。 [MSC, trad.]
我的孩子正在小学读书。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū. [Pinyin]
My child is currently in primary school.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在
Mandarin	Beijing	正在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	緊
Min Nan	Taipei	佇咧、咧

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