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

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´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai (r)i´
  - 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

to lie in; to be in; to be situated at
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

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