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間 (Simplified: 间)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 2
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 門
Ideographic:The sun 日 shining through a doorway 門
Character Formation:
  • ⿵ Surround from above
    • 門 [ mén ] gate, door, entrance, opening
    • 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime
Similar Characters: 閇
1
Pinyin: jiān
English Definition:between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
Chinese Definition:
①两段时间相接的地方，或介于两桩事物当中及其相互关系：中间。间距。间奏。天地之间。
②在一定空间或时间内：田间。人间。
③房子内隔成的部分：里间。衣帽间。间量。
④量词，房屋的最小单位：一间房。
⑤一会儿，顷刻：瞬间。
⑥近来。
2
Pinyin: jiàn
English Definition:gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
Chinese Definition:
①空隙：间隙。当间儿。亲密无间。
②隔开，不连接：间隔。间断。间接。间日。间歇。黑白相间。
③挑拨使人不和：离间。间谍。反间计。
④拔去，除去：间苗。
⑤偏僻的小路：间道。间行(从小路走)。
⑥参与：“肉食者谋之，又何间焉”。
Example Words:
間接HSK 6 jiàn jiē indirect
間斷 jiàn duàn disconnected; interrupted; suspended; a gap; a break
間隔HSK 6 jiàn gé gap; interval; compartment; to divide; to separate; to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
間隙 jiàn xì interval; gap; clearance
間諜HSK 6 jiàn dié spy
More:間* | *間 | *間*
Example Sentences
1
zhè ge
这个
fáng jiān
房间
hěn dà
很大
。
This room is very spacious.
2
xǐ shǒu jiān
洗手间
hěn
很
gān jìng
干净
。
The restroom is very clean.
3
rú hé
如何
guǎn lǐ
管理
shí jiān
时间
？
How to manage your time efficiently?
4
jīn tiān
今天
wǒ
我
méi yǒu
没有
shí jiān
时间
。
I don't have time today.
5
zhè ge
这个
fáng jiān
房间
hěn
很
gān jìng
干净
。
This room is very clean.
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