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)
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- 就寝时间(就寢時間) bedtime
- 上班时间(上班時間) time of going to work; the morning rush hour
- 冥间(冥間) the Nether World; Hades
- 外间(外間) outer room; the external world; outside
- 中间(中間) in between; middle ; inside ; during ; in between rooms
- 间接证据(間接證據) indirect testimony; circumstantial evidence
- 徘徊于桂椒之间(徘徊於桂椒之間) it wanders among the osmanthus and pepper-trees
- 既得期间(既得期間) vesting period
- 营业时间(營業時間) time of business; opening hours (of shop); working time
- 间两天(間兩天) every third day
- 间接从犯(間接從犯) indirect accessory to a crime
- 行间(行間) amongst the ranks [of troops] ; between the rows ; between the lines [of text]
- 子空间(子空間) subspace
- 间接义务(間接義務) indirect obligation
- 课间(課間) interval between lessons
- 单人间(單人間) single room (hotel)
- 第一时间(第一時間) in the first moments (of something happening); immediately (after an event); first thing
- 国际民间组织(國際民間組織) international humanitarian organization
- 开间(開間) alcove; bay in a room; unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters
- 间接射击(間接射擊) indirect fire
- 时间测定学(時間測定學) chronometry
- 试衣间(試衣間) fitting room
- 间色不正(間色不正) intermediate colors
- 阅读时间(閱讀時間) viewing time
- 间充质(間充質) mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
- 潮间带(潮間帶) intertidal zone
- 上下班时间(上下班時間) rush hour
- 抓紧时间(抓緊時間) to snatch time; to rush; to hurry (up); to seize the moment
- 少间(少間) soon; a short while ; a narrow gap ; slightly better (state of health) ; a short stop
- 停尸间(停屍間) morgue
- 仿射空间(仿射空間) affine space
- 民间音乐(民間音樂) folk music
- 对称空间(對稱空間) symmetric space
- 楼梯间(樓梯間) staircase; flight of stairs
- 隔间(隔間) compartment; booth; cubicle; partitioned-off area
- 间接正犯(間接正犯) indirect guilt
- 办公时间(辦公時間) office hours
- 一时间(一時間) for a moment/momentarily
- 四维空间(四維空間) four-dimensional space
- 挨时间(挨時間) to stall; to play for time
- 间充(間充) mesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
- 去取之间(去取之間) undecided between taking and leaving
- 反间(反間) to sow discord in the enemy
- 无间可乘(無間可乘) no opportunity available
- 幕间(幕間) interval (between acts in theater)
- 人间(人間) the human world; the world
- 时间表(時間表) schedule; timetable
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