在於

See also: 在于

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (在於)		在	於
simp. (在于)		在	于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàiyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ jyu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhai-yî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chǎi-ir / chāi-u / chāi-î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): do⁶ i¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàiyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàiyú
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-yü²
    • Yale: dzài-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayyu
    • Palladius: цзайюй (czajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ jyu¹
    • Yale: joih yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ yu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² jyː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai i^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ i²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai (r)i^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ (j)i²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎi-ir
    • Tâi-lô: tsǎi-ir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²² ɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-u
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-î
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ i¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do⁶ i¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏ i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³⁵⁻¹¹ i³³/

Verb

在於

1. to lie in; to be in; to be situated at
2. to be determined by; to hinge upon; to depend upon; to rest with

   活得精不精彩，在於你會不會做人。 [MSC, trad.]
   活得精不精彩，在于你会不会做人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huó de jīng bù jīngcǎi, zàiyú nǐ huì bù huì zuòrén. [Pinyin]

   Whether you can live an amazing life or not depends on whether you can conduct yourself with integrity.

Synonyms

• (to lie in): 在乎 (zàihū)

Derived terms

• 一年之計在於春／一年之计在于春 (yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn)
• 一日之計在於晨／一日之计在于晨 (yīrìzhījìzàiyúchén)
• 運用之妙，在於一心／运用之妙，在于一心