"间" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Results for 间
 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
Results beginning with 间
 jiàn jiē indirect
 jiàn dié spy
 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
 jiàn xì interval / gap / clearance
 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events
 jiàn duàn disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break
 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence
 jiàn huò occasionally / now and then
 jiàn zuò interplanting
 jiān zhì mesenchyme (physiology)
 jiān zòu interlude (music)
 jiàn miáo thinning out seedlings
 jiàn bì next door / partition wall
 jiān chōng mesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
 jiān nǎo diencephalon
 jiān qiè magiri
使 jiàn shǐ secret envoy / acupuncture point Pc-5
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 jiān jiē shuì indirect tax
  tertian malaria / vivax malaria
  intercropping
  dead section / spacer section
  indirect method
 jiān chōng zhì mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
 jiàn dié wǎng spy network
 jiàn dié zuì crime of spying
 jiàn gé hào Chinese centered dot mark · / (punct. used to separate Western names or words)
 jiàn jiē shuì indirect tax
 jiān pí liú mesothelioma (medicine)
 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]
 jiān jiē xuǎn jǔ indirect election
  spy plane
  indirect assistance
  indirect employment
  gap marker
  gap sensitivity
  time-to-time adjustment
 jiàn dié huó dòng espionage / spying
 jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn spyware
 jiàn gé shè yǐng time-lapse photography
 jiàn jiē bīn yǔ indirect object (grammar)
 jiàn jiē fèi yòng overhead costs
 jiàn jiē xuǎn jǔ indirect election
 jiàn jiē zhèng jù indirect testimony / circumstantial evidence
 jiàn xiē xùn liàn interval training
  product charges / indirect environmental taxes
线  interline of sounding / interline
  Plasmodium vivax / P.vivax
  Indirect Taxation Authority
  occasional recuperation break
  in and out anxiety
  indirect fire
  overhead ratios
使  indirect use value
  indirect opportunity cost
 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
  intermittent presumptive treatment
  closely spaced basing
  agreement for occasional employment
  intermittent arming device
  vivax malaria
  Indirect Taxation Policy Commission
  financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Approximate Results for 间
 shí jiān time / period / CL:段[duan4]
 zhī jiān between / among / inter-
 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhōng jiān between / intermediate / mid / middle
 fáng jiān room / CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]
 shùn jiān in an instant / in a flash
 rén jiān the human world / the earth
 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
 shì jiān world / earth
 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
 chē jiān workshop / CL:個|个[ge4]
 qí jiān in between / within that interval / in the meantime
 qū jiān delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval
 yāo jiān waist
 wǎn jiān evening / night
 cǐ jiān here / this place
 tián jiān field / farm / farming area / village
 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
 xiāng jiàn to alternate / to follow one another
 fán jiān the secular world
 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral
 rì jiān daytime
 bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment
 yīn jiān the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
 tào jiān vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment
 kè jiān interval between lessons
 méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella
 fāng jiān street stalls / bookshops / in the streets
 wài jiān outer room / the external world / outside
 gé jiān compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area
 kāi jiān alcove / bay in a room / unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters
 jū jiān positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
 lí jiàn to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
 háng jiān between rows
 yáng jiān the world of the living
 chén jiān (of the) morning
 jié jiān between joints
 mù jiān interval (between acts in theater)
 biāo jiān abbr. for 標準間|标准间[biao1 zhun3 jian1], standard (hotel) room
 fǎn jiàn to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp
 fù jiān to be unemployed / to be out of office (government) / to be on sabbatical
 Míng jiān Mingjian or Mingchien Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
 shì jiān just now / the present time
 yǎ jiān private room (in a restaurant, bath house, etc)
 yòng jiàn using spies
 zào jiān kitchen (dialect) / CL:間|间[jian1]
 zhěn jiān examination room (in a doctor's office)
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 yī shí jiān for a moment / momentarily
 shí jiān nèi within (a period of time)
 yī shùn jiān split second
 wèi shēng jiān bathroom / toilet / WC / CL:間|间[jian1]
 tū rán jiān suddenly
 shí jiān biǎo schedule / timetable
 xǐ shǒu jiān toilet / lavatory / washroom
 rén shì jiān the secular world
 wú yì jiān inadvertently / unintentionally
 shí jiān duàn time window
 duǎn shí jiān short term / short time
 zhuī jiān pán intervertebral disk
 kōng jiān zhàn space station
 biāo zhǔn jiān standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间[biao1 jian1]
 qǐng kè jiān in an instant
 zhōng jiān jiàn middleware
 shà shí jiān in a split second
 zhōng jiān rén intermediary / mediator
 zhōng jiān shāng middleman / broker
 fǎn jiàn dié counterintelligence / protection against espionage
 tài píng jiān mortuary / morgue
 dān rén jiān single room (hotel)
 shuāng rén jiān double room (hotel)
 shì yī jiān fitting room
 yī mào jiān cloakroom
 xǐ zǎo jiān bathroom / restroom / shower room / CL:間|间[jian1]
 kè jiān cāo setting-up exercises during the break (between classes)
 fǎn jiàn jì stratagem of sowing dissension / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 mín jiān wǔ folk dance
 zhōng jiān pài moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground
  time slice
  joint / inter-service
  space law
  group interval / trace spacing
  polynya
  time frame
  Department of Space
 ái shí jiān to stall / to play for time
 àn jiān r inner room
 bì qū jiān closed interval (in calculus)
 cháo jiān dài intertidal zone
 chí jiān dǎo Ikemajima
 chōu shí jiān to (try to) find the time to
 dà chuáng jiān see 大床房[da4 chuang2 fang2]
 dān jiān chā single supplement (for a hotel room)
 gé zi jiān cubicle
 Hé jiān shì Hejian, county-level city in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[Cang1 zhou1], Hebei
 huā shí jiān to take up time / to spend time
 kāi fáng jiān to take a hotel room / to rent a room / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex
 kāi qū jiān open interval (in calculus)
 kōng fáng jiān vacant room
 kōng jiān duàn space segment
 kōng jiān jú space agency
 lèi jiàn jī intercostal muscle (between ribs)
 lóu tī jiān staircase / flight of stairs
 méi jiān lún ājñā / or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead
 Míng jiān xiāng Mingjian or Mingchien Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
 qiē kōng jiān space of sections (math.)
 qǐ jū jiān living room
 qū jiān chē shuttle bus (or train) / train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
 shí jiān chuō timestamp
线 shí jiān xiàn timeline
 shí jiān zhóu time axis / timeline
 shì yàn jiān test room
 tíng shī jiān morgue
 wǎn jiān xiù Late
 xiàng kōng jiān phase space (math., ordinary differential equations)
 xǐ dí jiān washroom / washhouse
 yáng shì jiān the world of the living
 yè jiān bù (Tw) evening program (at a college) / night school
 yī shà jiān in a flash
 yǒu shí jiān to have time
 zhōng jiān céng mesosphere
 zhōng jiān míng middle name / second given name
 zhōng jiān yīn (phonetics) medial
 zǐ kōng jiān subspace (math.)
 Běi jīng Shí jiān Chinese Standard Time
 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
 dāng dì shí jiān local time
 yíng yè shí jiān time of business / opening hours (of shop) / working time
 zhuā jǐn shí jiān to snatch time / to rush / to hurry (up) / to seize the moment
 chí xù shí jiān duration
 shàng bān shí jiān working hours / office hours
 xiǎng yìng shí jiān response time
 mín jiān zǔ zhī association / organization / humanitarian organization / NGO
 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations
 mín jiān yì shù folk art
 zuò xī shí jiān daily schedule / daily routine
 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between
 yāo zhuī jiān pán intervertebral disk
 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition / folk legend
 gōng zuò shí jiān working hours
 yǔ zhòu kōng jiān aerospace
 liǎng guó zhī jiān bilateral / between two countries
 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale
 tiǎo bō lí jiàn to sow dissension (idiom) / to drive a wedge between
 sān wéi kōng jiān three-dimensional space / 3D
 tián jiān guǎn lǐ land management
 tán zhǐ zhī jiān a snap of the fingers (idiom) / in an instant / in a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
 sì wéi kōng jiān four-dimensional space (math.)
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