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

美东时 měi dōng shí jiān USA Eastern Standard Time
腰椎盘突出 yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū slipped disk; vertebral herniation; prolapsed disk
腰椎盘突出症 yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū zhèng herniated lumbar disk
yāo jiān waist
与时赛跑 yǔ shí jiān sài pǎo to race against time
花时 huā shí jiān to take up time; to spend time
茶点时 chá diǎn shí jiān tea break; tea and dimsun 點心|点心, traditional Hong Kong lunch
háng jiān between rows
视空系统 shì kōng jiān xì tǒng visuo-spatial sketchpad
zhěn jiān examination room (in a doctor's office)
试验 shì yàn jiān test room
语义空 yǔ yì kōng jiān semantic space
超维空 chāo wéi kōng jiān hyperspace; superspace; higher dimensional space
轨道空站 guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn orbiting space station
载人轨道空站 zài rén guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn manned orbiting space station
办公时 bàn gōng shí jiān office hours
shì jiān just now; the present time
铸工车 zhù gōng chē jiān foundry (workshop or factory)
闭区 bì qū jiān closed interval (in calculus)
开区 kāi qū jiān open interval (in calculus)
不容发 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state; on the brink of crisis; very close (to happening); Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]
使 jiàn shǐ secret envoy; acupuncture point Pc-5
充 jiān chōng mesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
充质 jiān chōng zhì mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
充质干细胞 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)