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  *間* | 間* | *間
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
HSK 1
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
HSK 1
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
period of time / time / time period / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
evening / night
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *間* | 間* | *間
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
almost on a par
(lit. and fig.) overnight
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
for a moment / momentarily
between the two countries; bilateral
split second
HSK 7-9
working hours
working hours; office hours
in an instant; in a flash
HSK 7-9
in between / within that interval / in the meantime
HSK 7-9
a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction
without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
(math.) vector space; linear space
living room
term of office / while holding a post
workshop / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
the secular world
in a flash
in a flash
in a flash (idiom)
local time
daily schedule / daily routine
upside / potential to rise
duration
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment
suddenly
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
to take up time / to spend time
inadvertently / unintentionally
(slang) post-nut clarity moment
downtime (computer network, power plant etc)
standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间
to pass the time
time interval
compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area
world / earth
outer space
mortuary / morgue
daytime
the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
interval between lessons
(statistics) confidence interval
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
waiting time / (computing) latency
(math.) higher dimensional space
single room (hotel)
abbr. for 標準間|标准间, standard (hotel) room
(math.) affine space
(math.) subspace
to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
to be in a hurry
in a split second
vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment
in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
vesting period (in finance)
studio for live streaming / a live stream
staircase / flight of stairs
in the blink of an eye
during time / in this time
the secular world
pendente lite / during litigation
street stalls / bookshops / in the streets
hackerspace; hacklab; makerspace
(control theory) settling time
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
cyberspace
cloakroom
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp
positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
here / this place
in the country / rural / pastoral
the world of the living
random period of time / random interval
response time
three-dimensional space / 3D
to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up
(statistics) confidence interval
morgue
recently

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