間
jiān
interval, space; place, between
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 門
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 1
Other readings: jiàn
Simplified form: 间
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 间, the simplified form of 間. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
我有时间。
Wǒ yǒu shí jiān
I have time.
Shadow时间到了。
Shí jiān dào le
Time's up.
Shadow没时间了。
Méi shí jiān le
There is no time.
Shadow我没时间。
Wǒ méi shí jiān
I have no time.
Shadow
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 间
- 时间shí jiān 2–1 time; period
- 间jiān 1between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
- 房间fáng jiān 2–1 room
- 中间zhōng jiān 1–1 the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- 洗手间xǐ shǒu jiān 3–3–1 → 2–3–1toilet; lavatory; washroom
- 民间mín jiān 2–1 among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- 卫生间wèi shēng jiān 4–1–1bathroom; toilet; WC
- 之间zhī jiān 1–1 (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)
- 空间kōng jiān 1–1 space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- 期间qī jiān 1–1 period of time; time; time period; period
- 人间rén jiān 2–1 the human world; the earth
- 夜间yè jiān 4–1 nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)