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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-chǎi / chèng-chāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngzài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngzài
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tsai⁴
    • Yale: jèng-dzài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtzay
    • Palladius: чжэнцзай (čžɛnczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ zoi⁶
    • Yale: jing joih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dzoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ zoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chǎi
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tsǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangzai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²²/

Adverb

正在

1. in the process of; currently (similar to English -ing); in progress

   正在維修。／正在维修。  ―  Zhèngzài wéixiū.  ―  Under repair.

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

   正在檢修，請您稍候。 [MSC, trad.]
   正在检修，请您稍候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèngzài jiǎnxiū, qǐng nín shāohòu. [Pinyin]

   Maintenance in progress – please wait.

   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.

   最終協議的談判正在悄悄進行。 [MSC, trad.]
   最终协议的谈判正在悄悄进行。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuìzhōng xiéyì de tánpàn zhèngzài qiāoqiāo jìnxíng. [Pinyin]

   Negotiations on the final agreement are progressing in secret.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Guilin	在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺度
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 在該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著𡅏, 𡅏
	Fuqing	著𡅏
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著𡅏
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時
	Tainan	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 佇咧
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在
Wu	Shanghai	辣, 辣辣, 辣海
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭