Translation of 间 to English with examples of 间 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

间

間

jiān

n./m. space between; (within) a definite time or place; room; measure word for the smallest units of rooms, houses, etc

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Other meanings

[jiàn] char. opening, gap; separate, keep apart; sow discord
[jiàn] v. to thin out

CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

门 gate (for 间)

門 gate (for 間)

SIMILAR CHARACTERS

WRITE STROKE BY STROKE

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

EXAMPLES

车间

車間

chē jiān

n. workshop

课间

課間

kè jiān

n. break between two classes

请从三个人之间选择一个。

請從三個人之間選擇一個。

qǐng cóng sān gè rén zhī jiān xuǎn zé yí gè .

phr. Please select one among these three people.

一间宽大的客厅

一間寬大的客廳

yì jiān kuān dà de kè tīng

phr. a spacious living room

一瞬间

一瞬間

yí shùn jiān

n. a moment, a very short period of time, a flash

试衣间

試衣間

shì yī jiān

n. fitting room

他们之间有些许不同

他們之間有些許不同

tā men zhī jiān yǒu xiē xǔ bù tóng

phr. There is a slight difference between them