jiān

interval, space; place, between

DEFINITIONS

間 jiān
  • between
  • among
  • within a definite time or space
  • room
  • section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  • classifier for rooms
間 jiàn
  • gap
  • to separate
  • to thin out (seedlings)
  • to sow discontent

STROKES

WORDS

佛教 rén jiān fó jiào Humanistic Buddhism
喜劇 rén jiān xǐ jù La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4]
地獄 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time
天堂 rén jiān tiān táng heaven on Earth; nickname for the city Suzhou
蒸發 rén jiān zhēng fā to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
任職期 rèn zhí qī jiān term of office; while holding a post
仿射子空 fǎng shè zǐ kōng jiān affine subspace (math.)
仿射空 fǎng shè kōng jiān affine space (math.)
企業網路 qǐ yè jiān wǎng lù extranet; company-external network
伯仲之 bó zhòng zhī jiān almost on a par
位形空 wèi xíng kōng jiān configuration space (math.)
作息時 zuò xī shí jiān daily schedule; daily routine
作息時表 zuò xī shí jiān biǎo daily schedule; work schedule
信賴區 xìn lài qū jiān confidence interval (statistics)
俯仰之 fǔ yǎng zhī jiān in a flash
停屍 tíng shī jiān morgue
兩國之 liǎng guó zhī jiān bilateral; between two countries
qí jiān in between; within that interval; in the meantime
fán jiān the secular world
切空 qiē kōng jiān space of sections (math.)
前段時 qián duàn shí jiān recently
bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc); parlor; booth; compartment
北京時 běi jīng shí jiān Chinese Standard Time
qū jiān interval (math.)
車 qū jiān chē shuttle bus (or train); train or bus traveling only part of its normal route