grammar → 在
TSUMUGU · TBCL 2 (est.) · 語法
在 grammar point · tier 1
· zài
Progressive: the action is going on right now.

字源 FORM what the parts do

Earth (土) underfoot for being placed; 才 gives the sound, zài.

故事 STORY a scene to remember it by

A figure mid-bite, chopsticks halfway up.
字源記憶法
框 · Frame
[subj] 在 [verb]
例 · Examples
1我在吃飯。
I'm in the middle of eating.
族 · Family
在…上internationally, in theory, in this regard.在…（之）下Casts a circumstance as a weight overhead: 在 opens the condition, 下 sets it above the clause that lives under it.在Locative: 在 + a place says someone or something is sited there.正在VProgressive: the verb is underway at this exact moment.在Temporal: 在 + a time word sites the event at that point on the timeline.