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HSK
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
HSK 1
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
indirect
HSK 5
period of time / time / time period / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *间* | 间* | *间
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
HSK 1
mortuary / morgue
term of office / while holding a post
teleportation
split second
HSK 7-9
in an instant; in a flash
HSK 7-9
time interval
(math.) subspace
for a moment / momentarily
upside / potential to rise
inner room
intermediate filament
to act with urgency / to buy time
working hours; office hours
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
mesenchyme (physiology)
studio for live streaming / a live stream
Humanistic Buddhism
cubicle
indirect tax
between the two countries; bilateral
intermediary / mediator
to pass the time
International Space Station
(of the) morning
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
spaced repetition
outer space
(lit. and fig.) overnight
middle road (in politics)
(phonetics) medial
vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment
in between / within that interval / in the meantime
HSK 7-9
interval / gap / clearance
HSK 7-9
world / earth
daily schedule / work schedule
in a flash (idiom)
evening / night
HSK 7-9
double room (hotel)
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
to rent a room in a hotel / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex
four-dimensional space (math.)
occasionally / now and then
three-dimensional space / 3D
(technology) response time
the secular world
bathroom / restroom / shower room / CL: 間|间
in a flash
response time
disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break
HSK 7-9
middleware
(meteorology) mesosphere
it's getting late; time's getting on
folk story / folktale
spy
HSK 7-9
gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
HSK 7-9
in the country / rural / pastoral
without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
extranet / company-external network
daytime
point in time
abbr. for 標準間|标准间, standard (hotel) room
folk art
to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence
workshop / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou
(idiom) to have a very close relationship with each other
to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
counterintelligence / protection against espionage
hackerspace; hacklab; makerspace
in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
schedule / timetable
HSK 7-9
during time / in this time
indirect testimony / circumstantial evidence
local time
downtime (computer network, power plant etc)
suddenly
the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
association / organization / humanitarian organization / NGO
recently
undecided between taking and leaving
morgue
office hours
private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment
rumors / the word on the street
(slang) post-nut clarity moment

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