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在家

在家

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	home; family; -ist home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (在家)		在	家

Verb

在家

to be at home
to be at work
(Buddhism) to lead a secular life

Antonyms

(lead a secular life): 出家 (chūjiā)

Derived terms

在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 (zàijiā kào fùmǔ, chūwài kào péngyǒu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
在	家
Grade: 5	Grade: 2

Noun

在家 ‎(hiragana ざいけ, romaji zaike)

the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows