在 |
zài jiā | to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家) |
在 |
zài | to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
家 |
jiā | used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
家 |
jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |