zài​jiā HSK1

at home

在家 zài​jiā
at home verb
to be present at one's place of residence

I have been at home all day today.

in verb
to be present at one's workplace as opposed to being away on a business trip

Manager Liu is out today; he went to another province for the annual industry conference.

layman preposition
to remain a layperson in a religious context rather than becoming a monk or nun

He is a lay Buddhist practicing at home.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
26.7 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
55.7 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 1

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT