在 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
• 点 diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use
• 台 tái typhoon attested in use
• 次 cì next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard... attested in use
• 组 zǔ to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries attested in use
• 记 jì to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots attested in use

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 14 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• "亲爱的, 上床吧。" "不, 还不行。我在Tatoeba上还必须翻译一些句子。"

  "Honey, come to bed." "No, not yet. I still have to translate some sentences on Tatoeba."

• "侏儒流氓"是德國導演韋納荷索在一九七零年的一部電影。

  Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.

• "妈妈，我能吃一块饼干吗？" "不行，不该在3餐间吃。"

  "Mum, can I have a biscuit?" "No, you shouldn't eat between meals."

• “以前我们没在哪儿见过吗？”学生问道。

  "Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

• “我已经在排队呢，”我告诉他。

  "But I'm already queuing," I tell him.

• “谁在车里？” “汤姆。”

  "Who is in the car?" "Tom is."

• “这正是我在找的。”他喊道。

  "This is what I was looking for!" he exclaimed.

• 「你的書在哪？」「在桌上。」

  "Where's your book?" "On the table."

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