期间 (qījiān) means Time period (time - during). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
会议 期间 请关手机。
Huìyì qījiān qǐng guān shǒujī.
Please switch off phones during the meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 期间
假期 期间 他一直在打工。
Jiàqī qījiān tā yìzhí zài dǎgōng.
He worked part-time throughout the holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 期间
他备考 期间 几乎废寝忘食。
Tā bèikǎo qījiān jīhū fèiqǐnwàngshí.
While preparing for the exam he barely slept or ate.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废寝忘食
战争 期间 大量文物被掠夺。
Zhànzhēng qījiān dàliàng wénwù bèi lüèduó.
A great many cultural relics were plundered during the war.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掠夺
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How is 期间 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 期间 (qījiān, "Time period (time - during)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 期间 an HSK word?
Yes — 期间 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 期间?
The dictionary page for 期间 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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