jiān

midpoint, space; place, locality

HSK 2 #135

DEFINITIONS

间 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
间 jiàn
  • gap
  • to separate
  • to thin out (seedlings)
  • to sow discontent

STROKES

WORDS

上下班时 shàng xià bān shí jiān rush hour
上升空 shàng shēng kōng jiān upside; potential to rise
上班时 shàng bān shí jiān time of going to work; the morning rush hour
不经意 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention; without noticing; unconsciously; inadvertently
不食人烟火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ lit. not eating the food of common mortals; fig. placing oneself above the common populace
件 zhōng jiān jiàn middleware
名 zhōng jiān míng middle name; second given name
层 zhōng jiān céng mesosphere
神经元 zhōng jiān shén jīng yuán interneuron
纤维 zhōng jiān xiān wéi intermediate filament
路线 zhōng jiān lù xiàn middle road (in politics)
佛教 rén jiān fó jiào Humanistic Buddhism
喜剧 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]
天堂 rén jiān tiān táng heaven on Earth; nickname for the city Suzhou
蒸发 rén jiān zhēng fā to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
任职期 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.)
企业网路 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.)
作息时表 zuò xī shí jiān biǎo daily schedule; work schedule
信赖区 xìn lài qū jiān confidence interval (statistics)
俯仰之 fǔ yǎng zhī jiān in a flash
停尸 tíng shī jiān morgue