Character data

RADICAL ⾨ (169.4)

STROKES 12

SIMPLIFIED 间

間 jiān

between; among; within a definite time or space

間 jiān	1. between 2. among 3. within a definite time or space 4. room 5. classifier for rooms 6. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
間 jiàn	1. gap 2. to separate 3. to sow discontent 4. to thin out (seedlings)

Word	Meaning
閉區間 bì qū jiān	closed interval (in calculus)
開區間 kāi qū jiān	open interval (in calculus)
開房間 kāi fáng jiān	to take a hotel room; to rent a room
開間 kāi jiān	unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters
間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà	(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
間作 jiàn zuò	interplanting
間使 jiàn shǐ	secret envoy; acupuncture point Pc-5
間充 jiān chōng	mesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
間充質 jiān chōng zhì	mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
間充質幹細胞 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo	mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
間壁 jiàn bì	next door; partition wall
間奏 jiān zòu	interlude (music)
間或 jiàn huò	occasionally; now and then
間接 jiàn jiē	indirect
間接稅 jiān jiē shuì	indirect tax
間接證據 jiàn jiē zhèng jù	indirect testimony; circumstantial evidence
間接賓語 jiàn jiē bīn yǔ	indirect object (grammar)
間接選舉 jiān jiē xuǎn jǔ	indirect election
間斷 jiàn duàn	interrupted; disconnected; suspended
間歇 jiàn xiē	intermittent; to stop in the middle of sth; intermittence
間歇訓練 jiàn xiē xùn liàn	interval training
間皮瘤 jiān pí liú	mesothelioma (medicine)
間腦 jiān nǎo	diencephalon
間苗 jiàn miáo	thinning out seedlings
間諜 jiàn dié	spy

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