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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
HSK 1
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
(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
period of time / time / time period / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
in an instant; in a flash
HSK 7-9
workshop / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
in between / within that interval / in the meantime
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evening / night
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split second
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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *间* | 间* | *间
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
waist
interval between lessons
(idiom) to have a very close relationship with each other
world / earth
here / this place
in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
daytime
in the country / rural / pastoral
field / farm / farming area / village
the world of the living
unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi / width of a room / (architecture) bay
positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area
between rows
private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment
the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment
mortuary / morgue
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
the secular world
to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp
the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
to alternate / to follow one another
outer room / the external world / outside
almost on a par
street stalls / bookshops / in the streets
in a flash
kitchen (dialect) / CL: 間|间
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
local time
business hours; opening hours; office hours
fitting room
just now; just a moment ago
abbr. for 標準間|标准间, standard (hotel) room
examination room (in a doctor's office)
very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
between joints
(of the) morning
the secular world
during time / in this time
for a moment / momentarily
response time
recently
(lit. and fig.) overnight
in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
office hours
(technology) response time
in a split second
to kill time
to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up
to pass the time
inadvertently / unintentionally
in an instant
vacant room
bathroom / restroom / shower room / CL: 間|间
to rent a room in a hotel / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex
interval (between acts in theater)
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
to take up time / to spend time
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
closed interval (in calculus)
daily schedule / daily routine
downtime (computer network, power plant etc)
waiting time / (computing) latency
(math.) vector space; linear space
time interval
(math.) higher dimensional space
subspace (math.)
studio for live streaming / a live stream
a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction
standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间
in a flash
cloakroom
upside / potential to rise
hyperspace / superspace / higher dimensional space
private room (in a restaurant, bath house, etc)

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