间 (間) jiān jiàn
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measure word
measure word for rooms, houses, luggage, etc
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
Notes: (ABC 'jiān' 间 m; Guoyu '間' jiān n 4; NCCED '间' 4) -
noun
space between
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 空间 (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 2; Guoyu '間' jiān n 1; NCCED '间' 1; Unihan '間') -
preposition
between / among
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: May be classified as a localizer because it can be appended to some nouns as a suffix to indicate location (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 4). -
noun
time interval
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时间 (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 3; Guoyu '間' jiān n 3; NCCED '间' 2) -
noun
a room
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 房间 (ABC 'jiān' 间 bf 1; NCCED '间' 3) -
verb
to thin out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jiàn' 间 v; NCCED jiàn '间' 4) -
verb
to separate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 分隔 or 分开 (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 1; Guoyu '間' jiàn v 2; NCCED jiàn '间' 2) -
verb
to sow discord
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 挑拨; for example, 反间 'to sow discord in the enemy' (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 2; Guoyu '間' jiàn v 2; NCCED jiàn '间' 3) -
noun
an opening / a gap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 空隙 (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 3; Guoyu '間' jiàn n 1; NCCED jiàn '间' 1) -
noun
a leak / a crevice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 4) -
verb
to mix / to mingle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 更替 or 夹杂 (ABC 'jiàn' 间 bf 5; Guoyu '間' jiàn v 1) -
noun
a place / a space
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 处所 or 地方; for example, 田间 'field' or 阴间 'netherworld' (Guoyu '間' jiān n 2) -
noun
a spy / a treacherous person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 奸细 (Guoyu '間' jiàn n 2) -
adverb
occasionally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 偶尔 (Guoyu '間' jiàn adv 1) -
adverb
in private
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 私下 (Guoyu '間' jiàn adv 2)
Contained in
- 世间(世間) world / the human world ; world
- 人间(人間) the human world / the world ; human world
- 器世间(器世間) the material world / the world of living beings
- 人间界(人間界) The Human Realm / Saha World
- 摄伏世间救度(攝伏世間救度) Jagadvasi Tara
- 世间解(世間解) Knower of the World ; knower of the world
- 冢间住(塚間住) dwelling in cemetaries ; Dwelling in cemeteries
- 无间地狱(無間地獄) Avici Hell
- 无间(無間) uninterrupted / continuous / unbroken ; very close ; indistinguishable ; avīci / interminable / incessant ; No Distance
- 三世间(三世間) Three Continuums
- 无间狱(無間獄) Avici Hell
- 极无间(極無間) Avici Hell
- 五无间罪(五無間罪) Avici Hell / offenses deserving Fivefold Relentless Retribution
- 五无间(五無間) Avici Hell / Avīci Hell ; the Five Unpardonable Sins
- 五无间业(五無間業) the Five Unpardonable Sins
- 人间佛教(人間佛教) Humanistic Buddhism ; Humanistic Buddhism
- 人间净土(人間淨土) Humanistic Pure Land ; 1. Pure Land on Earth; 2. Humanistic Pure Land
Also contained in
时间 、 之间 、 晚间 、 卫生间 、 期间 、 北京时间 、 空间 、 间隔 、 民间 、 瞬间 、 房间 、 洗手间 、 中间 、 车间 、 夜间 、 中间件 、 间接 、 其间 、 田间 、 间接宾语 、 间谍 、 凡间 、 离间 、 间隔号 、 相间 、 民间歌舞 、 度量空间 、 亲密无间 、 眉间 、 间断 、 间歇 、 朱白文相间印 、 中间语态 、 河间
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 11 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 45
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 40
- Scroll 4 Zun Po Xu Mi Pusa Suo Ji Lun 《尊婆須蜜菩薩所集論》 — count: 36
- Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 36
- Scroll 307 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 36
- Scroll 510 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 35
- Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie 《佛說造像量度經解》 — count: 34
- Scroll 119 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 《阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論》 — count: 32
- Scroll 64 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 《阿毘達磨順正理論》 — count: 31
- Scroll 8 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 《瑜伽論記》 — count: 30