期间

Character by character

• 期qī12 strokesHSK 1period of time; date; time limit
• 间jiān7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 間midpoint, space; place, locality

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Words with the same characters

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

• 时间shí jiānHSK 1

  time; period

• 之间zhī jiānHSK 4

  (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)

• 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

• 空间kōng jiānHSK 4

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

• 期待qī dàiHSK 4

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 房间fáng jiānHSK 1

  room

• 期qīHSK 3

  a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí]

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

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

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 瞬间shùn jiānHSK 7

  in an instant; in a flash

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 预期yù qīHSK 5

  to expect; to anticipate

• 假期jià qīHSK 2

  vacation

• 早期zǎo qīHSK 5

  early period; early phase; early stage

• 人间rén jiānHSK 5

  the human world; the earth

• 期限qī xiànHSK 4

  time limit; deadline; allotted time

• 短期duǎn qīHSK 3

  short term; short-term

• 学期xué qīHSK 2

  term; semester

• 间谍jiàn diéHSK 7

  spy

• 夜间yè jiānHSK 5

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

• 近期jìn qīHSK 3

  near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent