正在

More information just (right); main; uprightjust (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 ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngzài

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

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

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]

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	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	垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭