IDENTITY
间jiānbetween; room; measure word
HSK 1Top 150
CORE MEANING
between; room; measure word
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.betweenHSK1
- 2.room; measure wordHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 门door radical (mén)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿵门日
- door
- sunlight through the door crack
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
时间shíjiāntime
中间zhōngjiānmiddle
房间fángjiānroom
Graded examples
他住在我隔壁的房间。Tā zhù zài wǒ gébì de fángjiān.HSK3
He lives in the room next to mine.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Sunlight (日) slipping through the door (门) gap — the space between.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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