之间

Character by character

• 之zhī4 strokesHSK 4marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
• 间jiān7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 間midpoint, space; place, locality

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 之间. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 时间shí jiānHSK 1

  time; period

• 之zhīHSK 7

  (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

• 之后zhī hòuHSK 4

  after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 间jiānHSK 1

  between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms

• 之一zhī yīHSK 4

  one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

• 空间kōng jiānHSK 4

  space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space

• 房间fáng jiānHSK 1

  room

• 之类zhī lèiHSK 6

  and so on; and such

• 之中zhī zhōngHSK 5

  inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

  the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime

• 之外zhī wàiHSK 5

  outside; excluding

• 之下zhī xiàHSK 5

  under; beneath; less than

• 之内zhī nèiHSK 5

  inside; within

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐHSK 7

  (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

• 总之zǒng zhīHSK 4

  in a word; in short; in brief

• 瞬间shùn jiānHSK 7

  in an instant; in a flash

• 人间rén jiānHSK 5

  the human world; the earth

• 间谍jiàn diéHSK 7

  spy

• 夜间yè jiānHSK 5

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

• 除此之外chú cǐ zhī wàiHSK 7

  apart from this; in addition to this

• 民间mín jiānHSK 3

  among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments

• 卫生间wèi shēng jiānHSK 3

  bathroom; toilet; WC