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
- 1to be at home
- 2(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1])
- 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
Related words
在to exist; to be alive现在now; at present; currently家used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家home大家everyone家伙household dish, implement or furniture家伙variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]回家to return home正在to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing国家country; nation; state家庭family; household家里home