HSK 6 · Time

间隔 jiàngé “interval” in Chinese

Traditional 間隔

What 间隔 means

  1. interval
  2. gap
  3. to be separated
  4. compartment
  5. to divide
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to separate
  • to leave a gap of (two weeks, three metres etc)

How to say 间隔

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale间jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale隔gé2nd tone, rising

间隔 in a sentence

  1. 他间隔了很久才作答。

    Tā jiàngé le hěn jiǔ cái zuòdá.

    He paused for a long time before answering.

    Sentence #2394999 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 间隔 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jiàngap
  • 门gate · mén
  • 日sun · rì

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

The character 隔 (gé) with each of its parts in a different colour
隔géto separate
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 鬲cauldron · géSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 鬲 (gé) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.

How to write 间隔

间 7 strokes · 隔 12 strokes

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

Words related to 间隔

Words with 间

间jiān · (measure word for rooms)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瞬间shùnjiān · instant

Words with 隔

隔壁gébì · next door隔离gélí · to isolate隔阂géhé · estrangement

More words: Time & Sequence

定期dìngqī · regular端午节Duānwǔjié · Dragon Boat Festival顿时dùnshí · immediately黄昏huánghūn · dusk季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)截至jiézhì · up to截止jiézhǐ · to end即将jíjiāng · about to

FAQs

间隔 (jiàngé) means “interval” or “gap”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàngé: jiàn with a 4th tone, then gé with a 2nd 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, 间隔 is written 間隔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiange with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 间隔 from the suggestions. Typing jiange into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
间隔 is an HSK 6 word in the 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.