正在
zhèng​zài HSK1

in the process of

正在 zhèng​zài
in the process of adverb
Used before a verb to indicate that an action is currently in progress or a state is continuing

目前飞机正在被检查。

mù​qián fēi​jī zhèng​zài bèi jiǎn​chá.

The plane is now being inspected.

我正在写一个新故事。

wǒ zhèng​zài xiě yī​ge xīn gù​shi.

I’m writing a new story.

to be right at
To be exactly at a certain location or position.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
198.3 per million appears in 54% of films
Written text
309.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)