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Information of 间

Pinyinjiān、 jiàn

Radical

门

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

★★★★★

Definition

between / among / space / (measure word), interstice / separate

间 (jiān)1. Two segments of time or the place where two things connect.Example: 中间 (middle), 距间 (distance between), 奏间 (between movements), 天地之间 (between heaven and earth).2. Within a certain space or time.Example: 田间 (in the field), 人间 (among people).3. The divided parts within a house. Example: 里间 (inside room), 衣帽间 (clothes and hats room), 间量 (room size).4. A measure word, the smallest unit of a house. Example: 一间房 (one room).间 (jiān)1. (The character "间" is a later developed character; the original character is written as "閒". The primary meaning can be seen in the character "间" (jiàn)). 2. Middle; inside (between; among). 3. A moment. 4. Recent.5. Surname (閒).间 (jiān)1. Represents the measure word for houses. 2. See also jiàn.3. "间" can be seen as xián.1. Gap.Example: 空隙 (gap), 当间儿 (at the gap), 亲密无间 (intimate without gaps).2. Separated, not connected.Example: 隔间 (separated), 断间 (broken connection), 接间 (intermittent connection), 间日 (gap days), 间歇 (intermittent), 黑白相间 (black and white intermingled).3. To sow discord and make people uneasy.Example: 离间 (to sow discord), 间谍 (spy), 反间计 (counter-espionage plan).4. To remove, to take away.Example: 拔去苗 (to thin out seedlings).5. A secluded path.Example: 偏僻的小路 (narrow path), 行小间 (to take a small path).6. To participate.Example: “肉食者谋之，又何间焉” (The meat-eaters conspired against him, what’s the participation in that?).间 (jiān)1. The original meaning: a gap in the door.The character formation: it is a compound character. Anciently written as "閒", "间" is a later developed character. In the golden inscriptions, it is made from the elements of door and moon. As per the commentary in "说文解字注" by 段玉裁: "When the door opens, the moon enters, and the door has a gap that allows moonlight in." (jiàn)2. The same original meaning. Refers broadly to a gap or space in between.Example from classic literature: “故门中见月, 会意。” (Interpretation from 门).3. Estrangement; a rift.Example from classic literature: "时将有反，事将有间" (There will be changes in time, there will be rifts in affairs).4. Spy.Example: 间使 (secret envoy), 间骑 (scout).间 (jiān)1. To sow discord.Example: “谗人间之” (Malicious people sow discord).2. To thin out excessive plants.Example: 间玉米苗 (thin out corn seedlings).3. To keep apart.Example: “枫松相间” (maple and pine are interspersed).4. Intermingled; mixed. 5. To blame; to slander.Example: “间然” (slander), “间非” (to reproach).6. To participate.Reference: “肉食者谋之，又何间焉” (The meat-eaters conspired against him, what’s their role in that?).7. Alternately; by turns. 间 (jiān)1. Occasionally; intermittently.Example: “时时而间进” (advance occasionally).2. In secret; under cover.Example: “又间令吴广之次所旁丛祠中” (also secretly commanded in the grove by Wu Guang).3. See also jiān.

咫尺之间 zhǐ chǐ zhī jiān

within a foot of / between a foot of eight and a foot of ten inches / very close by

坊间 fāng jiān

street stalls / bookshops / in the streets

夜间 yè jiān

nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)

一夜间 yī yè jiān

overnight

化妆间 huà zhuāng jiān

dressing room

午间 wǔ jiān

Noon

宇宙空间 yǔ zhòu kōng jiān

astrospace / cosmic space

席间 xí jiān

Banquet

年间 nián jiān

in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)

顷刻间 qǐng kè jiān

in an instant

片刻间 piàn kè jiān

In a moment

顷刻之间 qǐng kè zhī jiān

In an instant

刹时间 shā shí jiān

Stop time

间或 jiàn huò

occasionally / now and then

房间 fáng jiān

room / CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]

挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn

to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

时间 shí jiān

time / period / CL:段[duan4]

间接 jiàn jiē

indirect

凡间 fán jiān

the secular world

其间 qí jiān

in between / within that interval / in the meantime

间断 jiàn duàn

disconnected / interrupted / suspended

昼间 zhòu jiān

Daytime

晚间 wǎn jiān

evening / night

期间 qī jiān

period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4]

椎间盘 zhuī jiān pán

intervertebral disk

腰椎间盘 yāo zhuī jiān pán

intervertebral disk

刹那间 chà nà jiān

in an instant / in the twinkling of an eye / in a twinkling

间歇 jiàn xiē

to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence

间歇性 jiàn xiē xìng

intermittent

间歇泉 jiàn xiē quán

geyser / intermittent spring

Input Method for 间

Pinyinjian1

Wubi

ujd

Cangjie

lsa

Zhengma

tlk

Four Corner

37601

Unicode

U+95f4

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