中文圣经
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正在
zhèng zài
HSK 1
to be in the process ofto be currently ...-ing

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Grammar note

正在 marks an action in progress. In the 和合本 nearly every 正在 is instead locative 在 — 正在律法之下, 'under the law' — and ongoing action is carried by 着 or by the bare verb.

正在 — the progressive, and what stands in for it — how often the Chinese Bible uses it

Characters

正

straight, right, proper, correct, just, true

radical 止components ⿱一止
在

at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense

radical 土components ⿸才土

Appears in 57 verses