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title: "Zaihu Meaning: 在乎 (zàihu) Means “to care about”"
description: "在乎 (zàihu) means “to care about; to mind”. Hear its tones, see what 在 and 乎 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zaihu"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 在乎 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

在乎 zàihu

## to care about; to mind

## Its characters

1. 在 zài to be at
2. 乎 hū (suffix) after adjectives and verbs (as in 几乎, 在乎, 似乎)

## In a sentence

我们在乎吗？ Do we care?

宝玉最**在乎**的人，是他的表妹，姓林，名叫黛玉。

From [《红楼梦》到底讲了什么？ · What is Dream of the Red Chamber about?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-dream-of-the-red-chamber-about#library-word-336-338)

[More about 在乎](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9C%A8%E4%B9%8E)

## More words with 在 or 乎

- [存在 cúnzài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/cunzai)
- [好在 hǎozài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/haozai)
- [几乎 jīhū](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jihu)
- [内在 nèizài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/neizai)
- [潜在 qiánzài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qianzai)
- [实在 shízài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shizai)
- [刷存在感 shuācúnzàigǎn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shuacunzaigan)
- [似乎 sìhū](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/sihu)
- [所在 suǒzài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/suozai)
- [现在 xiànzài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xianzai)

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