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间

jiān

HSK 2 Character Traditional 間

What 间 means

1. between
2. among
3. within a definite time or space
4. room
5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
6. classifier for rooms

Other readings

间 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiàngap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings)

Example sentences

• 时间飞逝。
  Shíjiān fēishì.
  Time flies.
• 时间到了。
  Time is up.
• 我没时间。
  I have no time.
• 收拾房间。
  Clean up the room.
• 打扫房间。
  Clean the room.
• 我有时间。
  I have time.

Words starting with 间

• 间接jiàn jiēindirect
• 间谍jiàn diéspy
• 间隔jiàn gégap; interval; compartment
• 间断jiàn duàndisconnected; interrupted; suspended
• 间隙jiàn xìinterval; gap; clearance
• 间或jiàn huòoccasionally; now and then
• 间歇jiàn xiēto stop in the middle of sth; intermittent; intermittence
• 间距jiān jùgap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events
• 间作jiàn zuòinterplanting
• 间使jiàn shǐsecret envoy; acupuncture point Pc-5
• 间接证据jiàn jiē zhèng jùindirect testimony; circumstantial evidence
• 间接选举jiàn jiē xuǎn jǔindirect election
• 间不容发jiān bù róng fà(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state…
• 间质jiān zhìmesenchyme (physiology)
• 间充jiān chōngmesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
• 间充质jiān chōng zhìmesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
• 间脑jiān nǎodiencephalon
• 间接税jiàn jiē shuìindirect tax
• 间接宾语jiàn jiē bīn yǔindirect object (grammar)
• 间隔号jiàn gé hàomiddle dot (·), a punctuation mark used in Chinese text to separate the parts of a…
• 间隔摄影jiàn gé shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 间隔重复jiàn gé chóng fùspaced repetition
• 间壁jiàn bìnext door; partition wall
• 间充质干细胞jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāomesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)

Words containing 间

• 时间shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
• 之间zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid…
• 房间fáng jiānroom
• 中间zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
• 洗手间xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet; lavatory; washroom
• 期间qī jiānperiod of time; time; time period
• 空间kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space
• 卫生间wèi shēng jiānbathroom; toilet; WC
• 民间mín jiānamong the people; popular; folk
• 人间rén jiānthe human world; the earth
• 瞬间shùn jiānin an instant; in a flash
• 年间nián jiānin the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
• 一瞬间yī shùn jiānsplit second
• 其间qí jiānin between; within that interval; in the meantime
• 车间chē jiānworkshop
• 世间shì jiānworld; earth
• 夜间yè jiānnighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
• 一时间yī shí jiānfor a moment; momentarily
• 突然间tū rán jiānsuddenly
• 时间表shí jiān biǎoschedule; timetable
• 晚间wǎn jiānevening; night
• 腰间yāo jiānwaist
• 乡间xiāng jiānin the country; rural; pastoral
• 人世间rén shì jiānthe secular world

Characters built on 日

These share the phonetic component 日 (rì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 显xiǎnto make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 暹xiānsunrise

Characters that look like 间

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 问wènto ask; to inquire
• 闻wénto hear; news; well-known
• 同tónglike; same; similar
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闯chuǎngto rush; to charge; to dash

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water