何在

hézài

phrase #11,486

Meanings

1 where?
2 what place?

Characters

what; where (literary)

at; to be located

Examples

正义何在？

Zhèngyì hézài?

Where is justice?

问题的关键何在？

Wèntí de guānjiàn hézài?

Where does the crux of the problem lie?

Tips

register

何在 is literary/formal Chinese. In everyday speech, you would say 在哪里 (zài nǎlǐ) instead.

grammar

何在 is placed after the noun it questions: X何在 = 'where is X?' This is the classical Chinese word order (inverted compared to modern Chinese).

Stroke Order

何 hé

在 zài