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在於

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

Verb

在於

(Intermediate Mandarin) to hinge upon; to depend upon; to lie in; to rest with

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zàiyú

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ jyu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhai-yî
Min Nan (POJ): chǎi-ir / chāi-u / chāi-î

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zàiyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayyu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi⁶ jyu¹
  - Yale: joih yū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ jy¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² jyː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai i´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ yi¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai (r)i´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ yi¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵ (j)i²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎi-ir
  - Tâi-lô: tsǎi-ir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ²² ɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-u
  - Tâi-lô: tsāi-u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaixw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ²²⁻²¹ u⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-î
  - Tâi-lô: tsāi-î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaixii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ²²⁻²¹ i¹³/