正在

HSK 1#420 by frequencyradical 止

zhèng zài["d"]

just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)

Examples

正在下雹。

It's hailing.

正在下雪。

It's snowing.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.