HSK 5 · Time

期间 qījiān “period of time” in Chinese

Traditional 期間

What 期间 means

  1. period of time
  2. time
  3. time period
  4. period

Measure word 个 gè · 一个期间 yí ge qījiān

How to say 期间

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st 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

期间 in a sentence

  1. 暑假期间，我在邮局工作。

    Shǔjià qījiān, wǒ zài yóujú gōngzuò.

    I worked at a post office during the summer holidays.

    Sentence #805002 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你在澳大利亚期间想做什么呢？

    Nǐ zài Àodàlìyà qījiān xiǎng zuò shénme ne?

    What would you like to do while you’re in Australia?

    Sentence #12686028 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他旅行期间，写了旅游日记。

    Tā lǚxíng qījiān, xiě le lǚyóu rìjì.

    He kept a travel diary during his trip.

    Sentence #343956 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 期间 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 期 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
期qīperiod
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

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 期间

期 12 strokes · 间 7 strokes

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

Words related to 期间

Words with 期

星期xīngqī · week星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday假期jiàqī · holiday学期xuéqī · term日期rìqī · date时期shíqī · period过期guòqī · to be overdue期待qīdài · to look forward to定期dìngqī · regular

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空间kōngjiān · space间隔jiàngé · interval瞬间shùnjiān · instant

More words: Time & Sequence

目前mùqián · at the present time年代niándài · a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)年纪niánjì · age平常píngcháng · ordinary日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day如今rújīn · nowadays

FAQs

期间 (qījiān) means “period of time” or “time”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qījiān: qī 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, 期间 is written 期間. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one period of time is 一个期间 (yí ge qījiān).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 期间 from the suggestions. Typing qijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
期间 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.