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Pronunciation : jiān

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Meaning :
  1. between; among. (n)
  2. used for rooms. (measure word)
  3. room. (n)
  4. within a definite time or space. (n)
Radical : 门
Strokes : 7
Traditional : 間 ( Stroke Order )
Usage : 52.4%
Notes : also as jiàn
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
间接
jiàn jiē

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 : indirect
2.
房间
fáng jiān

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 : room
3.
时间
shí jiān

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 : time
4.
空间
kōng jiān

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 : space
5.
之间
zhī jiān

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 : between, among
6.
中间
zhōng jiān

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 : middle
Sentences:
1. The transaction between them was dismissed.
tā men zhī jiān de jiāo yì gào chuī le 。
他 们 之 间 的 交 易 告 吹 了 。

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他们 : they
之间 : between, among
的 : (particle) used after an attribute; to
交易 : transaction
告吹 : come to nothing
了 : (particle) used after an action that has taken place
2. Prices jumped overnight.
yī yè zhī jiān jià gé měng zhǎng 。
一 夜 之 间 价 格 猛 涨 。

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一夜 : one night
之间 : between
价格 : price
猛 : suddenly; vigorously
涨 : increase
3. He lives in a huge apartment.
tā zhù zài yī jiān dà gōng yù lǐ 。
他 住 在 一 间 大 公 寓 里 。

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他 : he
住在 : live in
一 : one
间 : measure word
大 : big
公寓 : apartment
里 : inside
4. Put the room in order. / Clean up the room.
bǎ fáng jiān zhěng lǐ gàn jìng 。
把 房 间 整 理 干 净 。

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把 : used to shift the object to before the verb, which must be reduplicated or accompanied by some other word or expression.
房间 : room
整理 : tidy (v)
干净 : clean (n)
5. Don’t waste my time anymore.
bié zài làng fèi wǒ de shí jiān le ！
别 再 浪 费 我 的 时 间 了 ！

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别 : don’t
再 : again; anymore
浪费 : waste
我的 : my
时间 : time
了 : particle
6. Office hours.
bàn gōng shí jiān 。
办 公 时 间 。

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办公 : work
时间 : time
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March 1st, 2010 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , , ,

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car24dudeMarch 7th, 2010 at 5:37 pm

Hi,
I would like to be able to print out my own words for each day, mabye your daily words might not be the one that I want. but I want to print out a work sheet of my choice. How would I do that.

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Min Min Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:18 am

Hi car24dude,
Thanks for visiting my website.
Currently, I do not provide any worksheet for individual character. You will have to print out the worksheet of characters for a week.

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