Bigdumogre Posted August 18, 2015 at 03:59 PM Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 at 03:59 PM These are both zài and confused what situations you would use to write them. Probably pretty obvious but kinda confused. Would it change when speaking do to the context of the sentance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yang Chuanzhang Posted August 18, 2015 at 04:45 PM Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 at 04:45 PM 在 means "in/at", 再 means "again". When speaking, they both sound the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
英泰inte Posted August 19, 2015 at 04:46 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 at 04:46 AM an example with what yang chuanzhang said:我现在在中国 = I am in China now 书在房间里面 = The book is in the room 请你再说一遍= Please repeat again 我想再吃东西 =I want to eat again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 19, 2015 at 05:18 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 at 05:18 AM I guess it is confusing for Mandarin speakers (they don't sound the same in, for example, Cantonese), especially those at a lower level. Take a look at the video below, the typo in the last sentence of the subtitles is exactly a 在/再 mix-up. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPzjZxeOhQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdumogre Posted August 19, 2015 at 08:58 AM Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 at 08:58 AM Thanks I get it now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedroski Posted August 19, 2015 at 10:25 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 at 10:25 AM When you want example sentences for any word, to see how it is used, you can go to：http://dj.iciba.com/ You may need to click the little link 句库 then you can enter any word, and it will throw up Chinese sentences with that word, click the arrow at the bottom to get more sentences. The English translations are often bad, but I hope the Chinese is good. There is also a translator. Computer translations are not good, but they can give you an idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted August 19, 2015 at 12:00 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 at 12:00 PM You can get good example sentences using Pleco, and accurate English translation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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