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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
HSK 1
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
(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
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
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
evening / night
HSK 7-9
split second
HSK 7-9
in an instant; in a flash
HSK 7-9
workshop / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
in between / within that interval / in the meantime
HSK 7-9
coordinate space
(of the) morning
examination room (in a doctor's office)
random period of time / random interval
to be in a hurry
business hours; opening hours; office hours
(math.) subspace
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *間* | 間* | *間
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
differing only slightly / not much between them
delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
for a moment / momentarily
the world of the living
daytime
world / earth
inadvertently / unintentionally
compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area
kitchen (dialect) / CL: 間|间
the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
in the country / rural / pastoral
the secular world
in a split second
staircase / flight of stairs
field / farm / farming area / village
here / this place
the secular world
fitting room
cloakroom
daily schedule / daily routine
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
interval between lessons
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi / width of a room / (architecture) bay
mortuary / morgue
almost on a par
cyberspace
three-dimensional space / 3D
(idiom) in a flash; instantly
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
morgue
street stalls / bookshops / in the streets
vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment
downtime (computer network, power plant etc)
to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp
outer room / the external world / outside
to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
in a flash
to alternate / to follow one another
just now; just a moment ago
interval (between acts in theater)
cyberspace
USA Eastern Standard Time
between rows
working hours
positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
to stall / to play for time
waist
undecided between taking and leaving
local time
duration
office hours
crotch; groin
studio for live streaming / a live stream
the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella
(technology) response time
to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
between joints
(statistics) confidence interval
using spies
Mingjian or Mingchien Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
to take up time / to spend time
(lit. and fig.) overnight
in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
(electronics) setup time / (electronics) settling time
working hours; office hours
double room (hotel)
waiting time / (computing) latency
private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment
in a flash (idiom)
standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间

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