zài jiā

在家 (zài jiā) is a Chinese word meaning “to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be at home
  2. 2(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1])
  3. 3(Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 在家

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