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在乎

zài hu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

在乎 (zài hu) means "to care about; to mind". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 在乎 means

1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)
2. (often used in the negative) to care about

The characters in 在乎

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 乎hū(classical particle similar to 于; at; from

Example sentences

• 我们在乎吗？
  Wǒmen zàihu ma?
  Do we care?
• 我干嘛在乎？
  Why do I even care?

Words containing 在乎

• 不在乎bù zài hunot to care
• 满不在乎mǎn bù zài hunot in the least concerned (idiom); reckless; couldn't give a damn about it
• 并不在乎bìng bù zài hureally does not care

Where 在乎 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cuán–zàn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zài hu correctly.
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