HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Numbers

间 jiān “(measure word for rooms)” in Chinese

Traditional 間

What 间 means

  1. (measure word for rooms)
  2. between
  3. among
  4. within a definite time or space
  5. room
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  • classifier for rooms

How to say 间

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale间jiān1st tone, high and level

间 in a sentence

  1. 这间房间是谁的？

    Zhè jiān fángjiān shì shéi de?

    Whose room is this?

    Sentence #686926 from Tatoeba

  2. 请问，洗手间在哪里？

    Qǐngwèn, xǐshǒujiān zài nǎlǐ?

    Excuse me, where’s the toilet?

    Sentence #9927011 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我应该打扫我的房间。

    Wǒ yīnggāi dǎsǎo wǒ de fángjiān.

    I should clean my room.

    Sentence #512911 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 间 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 间 (jiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
间jiānbetween
  • 门gate · mén
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidSunlight 日 coming through a gap in the gate 门: a gap, the space between, a room.

How to write 间

间 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

间 (jiān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 间 (jiān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 间

Words with 间

时间shíjiān · time房间fángjiān · room中间zhōngjiān · middle洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet之间zhījiān · between卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom期间qījiān · period of time空间kōngjiān · space间隔jiàngé · interval瞬间shùnjiān · instant

More words: Numbers & Measure Words

一半yībàn · half名míng · name封fēng · (m.w. for letters好多hǎoduō · a lot of斤jīn · jin (unit of weight部bù · part

FAQs

间 (jiān) means “(measure word for rooms)” or “between”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it jiān: jiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 间 is written 間. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 间 from the suggestions. Typing jian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
间 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.