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间
間
jiān
1. between
2. among
3. within a definite time or space
4. room
5. chapter of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
6. classifier for rooms
Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

间
jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

世间
shìjiān
world
中间
zhōngjiān
between
HSK 3
之间
zhījiān
between
人间
rénjiān
the human world
HSK 6
其间
qíjiān
in between
凡间
fánjiān
the secular world
包间
bāojiān
private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc)
区间
qūjiān
interval (math.)
反间
fǎnjiàn
to sow dissension
名间
Míngjiān
Mingjian or Mingchien township in Nantou county [[南投縣|南投县<Nántóuxiàn>]], central Taiwan
坊间
fāngjiān
street stalls
外间
wàijiān
outer room
夜间
yèjiān
nighttime
套间
tàojiān
vestibule
少间
shǎojiàn
soon
居间
jūjiān
positioned between (two parties)
幕间
mùjiān
interval (between acts in theater)
年间
niánjiān
in the years of
房间
fángjiān
room
HSK 2
日间
rìjiān
daytime

Alternate Entries

间
jiàn
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
134
Word Frequency Rank
256 of 84,292

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