在乎

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
• Min Nan (POJ): chǎi-ho͘ / chāi-ho͘

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zàihū → zàihu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄨ → ㄗㄞˋ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzay.hu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/ → /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ xu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Yale: joih fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ fu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːy̯²² fuː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai fu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ fu¹
    • IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎi-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsǎi-hoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ²² hɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-hoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixhof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/

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.

Derived terms

不在乎 (bù zàihu)

See also

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