"正在" meaning in Chinese

See 正在 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sɔːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA] Audio: Zh-zhèngzài.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo], LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 正在
  1. in the process of; currently (similar to English -ing); in progress
    Sense id: en-正在-zh-adv-vIR0sfjU Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 刻正 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], [Northeastern-Mandarin, Malaysia], [Northeastern-Mandarin, Singapore], [Southwestern-Mandarin, Guilin], 喺度 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 喺處 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 響度 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 響處 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 喺度 [Cantonese], 喺處 [Cantonese], 響度 [Cantonese], 響處 [Cantonese], 喺度 [Cantonese, Singapore, Guangfu], [Hakka, Miaoli], 在該 [Hakka, Miaoli], 當在 [Hakka, Miaoli], [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], 在該 [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], 在該 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 在該 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 在該 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 在遐 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 著𡅏 [Min-Dong, Fuzhou], 𡅏 [Min-Dong, Fuzhou], 著𡅏 [Min-Dong], 著𡅏 [Min-Dong, Singapore], 佇咧 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 當咧 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 拄咧 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 拄佇咧 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 佇咧 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 當咧 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 拄咧 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 拄佇咧 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 當咧 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 拄咧 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 當時 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 佇咧 [Min-Nan, Tainan], [Min-Nan, Tainan], 當咧 [Min-Nan, Tainan], [Min-Nan, Penang, Hokkien], [Min-Nan, Singapore, Hokkien], 佇咧 [Min-Nan, Singapore, Hokkien], 佇咧 [Min-Nan, Manila, Hokkien], [Min-Nan, Manila, Hokkien], [Min-Nan], [Min-Nan], [Min-Nan, Singapore, Teochew], [Wu, Shanghai], 垃垃 [Wu, Shanghai], 垃拉 [Wu, Shanghai], 垃海 [Wu, Shanghai], 垃該 [Wu, Shanghai], [Wu, Ningbo], 來的 [Wu, Ningbo], 來該 [Wu, Ningbo], 來當 [Wu, Ningbo], 來東 [Wu, Ningbo], 來勒 [Wu, Ningbo], [Wu, Wenzhou], 是搭 [Wu, Wenzhou]
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      "expansion": "正在",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
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        {
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          "english": "Under repair.",
          "roman": "Zhèngzài wéixiū.",
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          "english": "Under repair.",
          "roman": "Zhèngzài wéixiū.",
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm eating.",
          "roman": "wǒ zhèngzài chīfàn",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我正在吃飯",
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          "english": "I'm eating.",
          "roman": "wǒ zhèngzài chīfàn",
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          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              0,
              8
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Maintenance in progress – please wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèngzài jiǎnxiū, qǐng nín shāohòu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "正在檢修,請您稍候。",
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        },
        {
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          "english": "Maintenance in progress – please wait.",
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          "roman": "Zhèngzài jiǎnxiū, qǐng nín shāohòu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
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          "text": "正在检修,请您稍候。",
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              12,
              21
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          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My child is currently in primary school.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我的孩子正在小學讀書。",
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        },
        {
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              12,
              21
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          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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          "english": "My child is currently in primary school.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我的孩子正在小学读书。",
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        },
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              48,
              51
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              25,
              33
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          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
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          ],
          "english": "Negotiations on the final agreement are progressing in secret.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zuìzhōng xiéyì de tánpàn zhèngzài qiāoqiāo jìnxíng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "最終協議的談判正在悄悄進行。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              48,
              51
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          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              25,
              33
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            [
              7,
              9
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          "english": "Negotiations on the final agreement are progressing in secret.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zuìzhōng xiéyì de tánpàn zhèngzài qiāoqiāo jìnxíng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "最终协议的谈判正在悄悄进行。",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the process of; currently (similar to English -ing); in progress"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "currently",
          "currently"
        ],
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing#English:_present_participle"
        ],
        [
          "in progress",
          "in progress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "刻正"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Malaysia"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Guilin"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "喺度"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "喺處"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "響度"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "響處"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "喺度"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "喺處"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "響度"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "響處"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Singapore",
            "Guangfu"
          ],
          "word": "喺度"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "N. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
          "word": "當"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "N. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
          "word": "在該"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "N. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
          "word": "當在"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "S. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Pingtung",
            "Neipu"
          ],
          "word": "當"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "S. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Pingtung",
            "Neipu"
          ],
          "word": "在該"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "當"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "在該"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "當"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "在該"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "當"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "在該"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "在遐"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Dong",
            "Fuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "著𡅏"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Dong",
            "Fuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "𡅏"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Fuqing"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Dong"
          ],
          "word": "著𡅏"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Fuqing"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Dong",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "著𡅏"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "當咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "拄咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "拄佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "當咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "拄咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "拄佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "當咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "拄咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "當時"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "當咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Penang",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "佇"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Singapore",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "佇"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Singapore",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Manila",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "佇咧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Manila",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "咧"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Shantou"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Shantou",
            "Chaoyang"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "在"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "垃"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "垃垃"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "垃拉"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "垃海"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "垃該"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "來的"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "來該"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "來當"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "來東"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Ningbo"
          ],
          "word": "來勒"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Wenzhou"
          ],
          "word": "是"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Wenzhou"
          ],
          "word": "是搭"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ zoi⁶"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-tsai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-dzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqtzay"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnczaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнцзай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ zoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing joih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzing³ dzoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing³ zoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sɔːi̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-tsǎi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-tsāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeangzai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "正在"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "正在",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Beginning Mandarin",
        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 在",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 正",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Under repair.",
          "roman": "Zhèngzài wéixiū.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "正在維修。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Under repair.",
          "roman": "Zhèngzài wéixiū.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "正在维修。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm eating.",
          "roman": "wǒ zhèngzài chīfàn",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我正在吃飯",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm eating.",
          "roman": "wǒ zhèngzài chīfàn",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我正在吃饭",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Maintenance in progress – please wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèngzài jiǎnxiū, qǐng nín shāohòu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "正在檢修,請您稍候。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Maintenance in progress – please wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèngzài jiǎnxiū, qǐng nín shāohòu.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "正在检修,请您稍候。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My child is currently in primary school.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我的孩子正在小學讀書。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My child is currently in primary school.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "我的孩子正在小学读书。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              48,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Negotiations on the final agreement are progressing in secret.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zuìzhōng xiéyì de tánpàn zhèngzài qiāoqiāo jìnxíng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "最終協議的談判正在悄悄進行。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              48,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Negotiations on the final agreement are progressing in secret.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zuìzhōng xiéyì de tánpàn zhèngzài qiāoqiāo jìnxíng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "最终协议的谈判正在悄悄进行。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the process of; currently (similar to English -ing); in progress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "currently",
          "currently"
        ],
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing#English:_present_participle"
        ],
        [
          "in progress",
          "in progress"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-zhèngzài.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/Zh-zhèngzài.ogg/Zh-zhèngzài.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-zhèngzài.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ zoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-正在.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-tsai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-dzài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqtzay"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnczaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнцзай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zing³ zoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing joih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzing³ dzoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jing³ zoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sɔːi̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-tsǎi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chèng-chāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìng-tsāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeangzai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "刻正"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Malaysia"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Guilin"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "喺度"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "喺處"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "響度"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "響處"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "喺度"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "喺處"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "響度"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "響處"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Singapore",
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "喺度"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "在該"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "當在"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "在該"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "在該"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "在該"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "在該"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "在遐"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "著𡅏"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "𡅏"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Fuqing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "word": "著𡅏"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Fuqing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "著𡅏"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "當咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "拄咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "拄佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "當咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "拄咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "拄佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "當咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "拄咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "當時"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "當咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Penang",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "佇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "佇"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Manila",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "佇咧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Manila",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "咧"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Shantou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Shantou",
        "Chaoyang"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "在"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "垃"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "垃垃"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "垃拉"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "垃海"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "垃該"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "來的"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "來該"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "來當"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "來東"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "來勒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Wenzhou"
      ],
      "word": "是"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Wenzhou"
      ],
      "word": "是搭"
    }
  ],
  "word": "正在"
}

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