zài
· (located) at
· (to be) in
· to exist
· in the middle of doing sth
· (indicating an action in progress)
· (to be) in
· to exist
· in the middle of doing sth
· (indicating an action in progress)
Sentence order :
-Subject + 在 + place + verb
他 在 港口 工作。
-Subject + TIME + 在 + place + verb
他 2006 年 在 港口 工作。
tā 2006 nián zài gǎng kǒu gōng zuò 。
In 2006 he was working at the port.
我们 上个圣诞节 在瑞士 滑雪。
wǒ men shàng gè shèng dàn jiē zài ruì shì huá xuě
We last Christams in Switzerland did ski.
==> 在 here means "to be located at" and shows the location.
Exception 1:
When you combine 住在 (zhu + zai), it means "to live in" and its the only time 在 is after the verb.
你住在哪儿 ?
Where do you live ?
我爸爸 住在 法国的 一个 小村子。
wǒ bà bà zhù zài fǎ guó de yī gè xiǎo cūn zǐ 。
My dad lives in France of a small village.
Exception 2:
在 as a verb :It can also be used as a verb which means "be located".
你家在哪里?
Where is your home (located) ?
你现在在哪里?
Where are you (located) now ?
Components:
港口
gǎng kǒu
· port
· harbor
港
gǎng
· harbor
· Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港)
口
· mouth
· (classifier for things with mouths such as people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
· [freq:0]
村子
cūn zǐ
· village
村
cūn
· village
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