在乎

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	(interrog. part.)
simp. and trad. (在乎)		在	乎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàihū

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ fu⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhai-fû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cai⁴ fu¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chāi-ho͘ / chǎi-ho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): do⁶ hu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàihū → zàihu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄨ → ㄗㄞˋ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàihů
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-hu⁵
    • Yale: dzài-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzay.hu
    • Palladius: цзайху (czajxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/ → /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ xu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Yale: joih fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² fuː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai fu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cai⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³ fu⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-hoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixhof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎi-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsǎi-hoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²² hɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do⁶ hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏ hu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³³/

Verb

在乎

1. (colloquial) to mind; to care about

   我不在乎。  ―  Wǒ bù zàihu.  ―  I don't care.

   我唔在乎。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ m⁴ zoi⁶ fu⁴. [Jyutping]  ―  I don't care.

2. to lie in; to be in; to be situated at

Synonyms

• (to mind):

• 介意 (jièyì)
• 介懷／介怀 (jièhuái) (literary)
• 在心 (zàixīn)
• 在意 (zàiyì)
• 放在心上 (fàng zài xīn shàng)
• 當作一回事／当作一回事 (dàngzuò yī huí shì)
• 當回事／当回事 (dànghuíshì)

 

• (to lie in): 在於／在于 (zàiyú)

Derived terms

• 不在乎 (bù zàihu)

 

See also

• 計較／计较 (jìjiào)
• 認真／认真 (rènzhēn)
• 重視／重视 (zhòngshì)