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

减压时表 jiǎn yā shí jiān biǎo decompression schedule (diving); also called 減壓程序|减压程序[jian3 ya1 cheng2 xu4]
带 cháo jiān dài intertidal zone
wú jiàn very close; no gap between them; continuously; unbroken; hard to separate; indistinguishable
营业时 yíng yè shí jiān time of business; opening hours (of shop); working time
争取时 zhēng qǔ shí jiān to act with urgency; to buy time
yòng jiàn using spies
用餐时 yòng cān shí jiān meal times
管理 tián jiān guǎn lǐ land management
当地时 dāng dì shí jiān local time
相空 xiàng kōng jiān phase space (math., ordinary differential equations)
méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows; glabella
轮 méi jiān lún ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead
众创空 zhòng chuàng kōng jiān hackerspace
瞬息之 shùn xī zhī jiān in the wink of an eye; in a flash
转移 shùn jiān zhuǎn yí teleportation
短时 duǎn shí jiān short term; short time
空房 kōng fáng jiān vacant room
空气缓冲 kōng qì huǎn chōng jiān air lock
局 kōng jiān jú space agency
探测 kōng jiān tàn cè space probe
突然 tū rán jiān suddenly
第一时 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening); immediately (after an event); first thing
jié jiān between joints
网络空 wǎng luò kōng jiān cyberspace
置信区 zhì xìn qū jiān confidence interval (math.)