HSK 5 · Ideas

空间 kōngjiān “space” in Chinese

Traditional 空間

What 空间 means

  1. space
  2. room
  3. scope
  4. (fig.) scope
  5. leeway
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (astronomy) outer space
  • (physics, maths.) space

How to say 空间

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale空kōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale间jiān1st tone, high and level

空间 in a sentence

  1. 这张沙发占了太多空间。

    Zhè zhāng shāfā zhàn le tài duō kōngjiān.

    This sofa takes up too much space.

    Sentence #4267179 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 这间房间没有空间再放一张床了。

    Zhè jiān fángjiān méiyǒu kōngjiān zài fàng yì zhāng chuáng le.

    There’s no space in the room for another bed.

    Sentence #900052 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 其实现时的方法还有很大的改善空间。

    Qíshí xiànshí de fāngfǎ hái yǒu hěn dà de gǎishàn kōngjiān.

    Actually, the current method still has plenty of room for improvement.

    Sentence #1127068 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 空间 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 空 (kōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
空kōngempty
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 工work · gōngSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kōng.

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 空间

空 8 strokes · 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.

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

Words related to 空间

Words with 空

空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning空kōng · empty填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)空气kōngqì · air空闲kòngxián · free time天空tiānkōng · sky空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy空洞kōngdòng · empty空虚kōngxū · empty太空tàikōng · outer space

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间隔jiàngé · interval瞬间shùnjiān · instant

More words: Ideas & Concepts

角度jiǎodù · angle结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion精神jīngshén · spirit类型lèixíng · type理由lǐyóu · reason力量lìliang · power领域lǐngyù · domain

FAQs

空间 (kōngjiān) means “space” or “room”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kōngjiān: kōng with a 1st tone, then 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, 空间 is written 空間. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kongjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 空间 from the suggestions. Typing kongjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
空间 is an HSK 5 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.