(jiān) - between, room (measure word for rooms) in Mandarin
jiānTraditional: 間
Translation
between, room (measure word for rooms)
Word origin
The character shows the sun 日 seen through a gate 门, an image of light coming through a gap. From this came the sense of a space between, and the use as a measure word for rooms.
- Origin
- associative compound
- Root
- 门 (mén, gate) + 日 (rì, sun)
Stroke order
间
Examples
订。
I booked a room.
互。
Friends should help one another.
。
This classroom is very big.
座河。
There is a river between the two mountains.
。
He is reading in the room.
间 (jiān) means between or serves as the measure word for rooms. It appears in many compounds such as 中间 and 房间.
Where this fits
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 间.
Used in
Grammar articles
(19)Compound Directional Complements in Mandarin: Verb + 起来, 下去, 过来, 出来 and Motion Relative to the Speaker
Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Conditionals: 如果, 要是, 的话 and the 就 That Finishes the Sentence
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大
Mandarin Existential and Presentative Sentences: 有, 出现, 发生 and Why New Things Go After the Verb
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
Mandarin Four-Character Idioms (四字格): The Shape, Not the List
Mandarin Location and Existence: 在 for Where, 有 for There Is, and the 上/下/里/外 Position Words
The Spoken Passives 让 (ràng), 叫 (jiào) and 给 (gěi): What People Say Instead of 被
Mandarin Possession with 有 (yǒu): To Have
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System
Mandarin Requests and Imperatives: 请, 别, 不要, the Softening Particles 吧/啊, and Verb Reduplication
Mandarin Verb Reduplication: 看看, 看一看, 休息休息 and the 一下 Alternative
The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的
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