HSK 6 · Adjectives

内在 nèizài “inner” in Chinese

Traditional 內在

What 内在 means

  1. inner
  2. intrinsic
  3. inherent
  4. internal
  5. innate

How to say 内在

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale内nèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale在zài4th tone, falling

内在 in a sentence

  1. 我们一定不能忘记每个人的内在价值。

    Wǒmen yídìng bùnéng wàngjì měi ge rén de nèizài jiàzhí.

    We must never forget the inherent value of every human being.

    Sentence #8748584 from Tatoeba

How 内在 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 内 (nèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
内nèiinside
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 人person · rén
The character 在 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
在zàito exist; to be alive
  • 才ability · cáiSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with zài.

How to write 内在

内 4 strokes · 在 6 strokes

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内在 (nèizài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 内在 (nèizài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 内在

Words with 内

内nèi · inside内容nèiróng · content内科nèikē · internal medicine内部nèibù · inside内幕nèimù · inside story内涵nèihán · connotation

Words with 在

在zài · to be at现在xiànzài · now正在zhèngzài · in the process of实在shízài · really存在cúnzài · to exist在乎zàihu · to care about在于zàiyú · to lie in在意zàiyì · to care about

More words: Adjectives

耐用nàiyòng · durable难得nándé · rare难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable拿手náshǒu · good at浓厚nónghòu · strong庞大pángdà · huge贫乏pínfá · lacking频繁pínfán · frequent

FAQs

内在 (nèizài) means “inner” or “intrinsic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nèizài: nèi with a 4th tone, then zài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 内在 is written 內在. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type neizai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 内在 from the suggestions. Typing neizai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
内在 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.