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 t͡sɔːy̯²²/
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 (similar to English -ing)
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.

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
Mandarin	Taiwan	正在, 在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 緊 >
Cantonese	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 緊 >
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	當, 在該
	Dongshi (Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Min Nan	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
	Taipei	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Philippines (Manila)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
Note	> - after verb

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