间
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- between
- among
- within a definite time or space
- room
- section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- classifier for rooms
How often each reading is used
Example sentences
- I'd like a room facing the garden.
- I'd like a room in the back.
HSK words with 间
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 房间 fángjiān room
- 中间 zhōngjiān the middle; the inside
- 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān toilet
- 民间 mínjiān among the people
- 卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom
- 之间 zhījiān (after a noun) between; among; amid
- 空间 kōngjiān space; room
- 期间 qījiān period of time
- 人间 rénjiān the human world
- 夜间 yèjiān nighttime
- 间接 jiànjiē indirect
- 瞬间 shùnjiān in an instant
- 间谍 jiàndié spy
- 一瞬间 yīshùnjiān split second
- 车间 chējiān workshop
- 晚间 wǎnjiān evening
- 时间表 shíjiānbiǎo schedule
- 间隔 jiàngé gap
- 间断 jiànduàn disconnected
- 其间 qíjiān in between
- 间隙 jiànxì interval
Measure word for · 16 of 23
- 房子 fángzi house
- 房间 fángjiān room
- 办公室 bàngōngshì office
- 教室 jiàoshì classroom
- 课堂 kètáng classroom
- 实验室 shíyànshì laboratory
- 屋子 wūzi house
- 卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom
- 食堂 shítáng dining hall; cafeteria
- 厨房 chúfáng kitchen
- 餐厅 cāntīng dining hall
- 宿舍 sùshè dormitory
- 卧室 wòshì bedroom
- 客厅 kètīng drawing room (room for arriving guests)
- 阅览室 yuèlǎnshì reading room
- 厕所 cèsuǒ toilet