jiān

Traditional: 間

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Translation

between, among; room (in 时间, 房间, 之间)

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Stroke order for 间

Examples

I don't have time.

This room is very big.

There are no secrets between us.

There is a road between the two houses.

This room is very quiet.

间 (jiān) means between, among, or room. It forms 时间 (time), 房间 (room), and the relational marker 之间 (between, among).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 间.

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This word is part of lesson 101.