tobeat home/(at a workplace) tobein (as opposed tobeingawayon official business 出差chu¹chai¹)/(Buddhism etc) toremainalayman (as opposed to becoming amonkoranun出家chu¹jia¹)
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations
在
家
As word
1
zai4
to be at home/(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 [chu1 chai1])/(Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 [chu1 jia1])
2
jia1
to be at home/(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 [chu1 chai1])/(Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 [chu1 jia1])