间 (間) jiān
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jiān
measure word
measure word for rooms, houses, luggage, etc
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'jiān' 间 m; Guoyu '間' jiān n 4; Mathews 1931 '間', p. 114; NCCED '间' 4) -
jiān
noun
space between
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 空间 (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 2; Guoyu '間' jiān n 1; Kroll 2015 '間' 1, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '間', p. 114; NCCED '间' 1; Unihan '間') -
jiān
preposition
between; among
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: May be classified as a localizer because it can be appended to some nouns as a suffix to indicate location (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 4; Kroll 2015 '間' 1a, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '間', p. 114) -
jiān
noun
time interval
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时间 (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 3; Guoyu '間' jiān n 3; Kroll 2015 '間' 2, p. 196; NCCED '间' 2) -
jiān
noun
a room
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 房间 (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 1; NCCED '间' 3) -
jiàn
verb
to thin out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jiàn' 间 v; NCCED jiàn '间' 4) -
jiàn
verb
to separate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 分隔 or 分开 (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 1; Guoyu '間' jiàn v 2; Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 4, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '間', p. 114; NCCED jiàn '间' 2) -
jiàn
verb
to sow discord; to criticize
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 挑拨; for example, 反间 'to sow discord in the enemy' (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 2; Guoyu '間' jiàn v 2; Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 3, p. 196; Mathews 1931 '間', p. 114; NCCED jiàn '间' 3) -
jiàn
noun
an opening; a gap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 空隙 (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 3; Guoyu '間' jiàn n 1; NCCED jiàn '间' 1) -
jiàn
noun
a leak; a crevice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 4) -
jiàn
verb
to mix; to mingle; intermediate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 更替 or 夹杂 (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 5; Guoyu '間' jiàn v 1; Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 1, p. 196) -
jiàn
verb
to make as a pretext
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 2, p. 196) -
jiàn
verb
alternately
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 5, p. 196) -
jiàn
verb
for friends to part
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '間', p. 114) -
jiān
noun
a place; a space
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 处所 or 地方; for example, 田间 'field' or 阴间 'netherworld' (Guoyu '間' jiān n 2; Kroll 2015 '間' 3, p. 196) -
jiàn
noun
a spy; a treacherous person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 奸细 (Guoyu '間' jiàn n 2; Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 2b, p. 196) -
jiàn
adverb
occasionally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 偶尔 (Guoyu '間' jiàn adv 1) -
jiàn
adverb
in private; secretly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 私下 (Guoyu '間' jiàn adv 2; Kroll 2015 '間' jiàn 2a, p. 196)
Contained in
- 间脑(間腦) diencephalon
- 间两天(間兩天) every third day
- 民间信仰(民間信仰) folk religion; popular religion
- 公共空间(公共空間) public space; public place
- 超维空间(超維空間) hyperspace; superspace; higher dimensional space
- 离间(離間) to divide ; to have discord between friends
- 离间的话(離間的話) talk that leads friends to part
- 瞬间转移(瞬間轉移) teleportation
- 一段时间(一段時間) a period of time
- 赶时间(趕時間) to be in a hurry
- 其间(其間) during this time
- 拓扑空间(拓撲空間) topological space
- 间关(間關) creaking sound of a cart ; a perilous journey ; awkward text
- 外层空间(外層空間) outer space
- 时间进程(時間進程) time course
- 短时间(短時間) short term; short time
- 作息时间表(作息時間表) daily schedule; work schedule
- 时间戳(時間戳) timestamp
- 间接税(間接稅) indirect tax
- 阴间使人(陰間使人) sent a person in secret
- 灶间(灶間) kitchen
- 田间管理(田間管理) land management
- 冥间(冥間) the Nether World; Hades
- 中间名(中間名) middle name; second given name
- 肋间肌(肋間肌) intercostal muscle (between ribs)
- 消磨时间(消磨時間) to kill time
- 夜间(夜間) evening; nighttime
- 用餐时间(用餐時間) meal times
- 日间(日間) daytime
- 间人(間人) for friends to part
- 时间是把杀猪刀(時間是把殺豬刀) time is a butcher's knife; time marches on, relentless and unforgiving; nothing gold can stay
- 椎间盘(椎間盤) intervertebral disk
- 间入(間入) secretly enter
- 一线之间(一線之間) a hair's breadth apart; a fine line; a fine distinction
- 阅读时间(閱讀時間) viewing time
- 佛陀出生在人间(佛陀出生在人間) The Buddha was born in the human world
- 行间(行間) amongst the ranks [of troops] ; between the rows ; between the lines [of text]
- 在这期间(在這期間) during time; in this time
- 洗澡间(洗澡間) bathroom; restroom; shower room
- 一瞬间(一瞬間) split second
- 未达一间(未達一間) differing only slightly; not much between them
- 营业时间(營業時間) time of business; opening hours (of shop); working time
- 坊间(坊間) street stalls; bookshops; in the streets
- 间歇训练(間歇訓練) interval training
- 轨道空间站(軌道空間站) orbiting space station
- 间道(間道) a shortcut ; striped cloth
Also contained in
间谍网 、 语义空间 、 中间路线 、 闭区间 、 中间语态
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