间 (jiān) means Between (within - mw for rooms). Below are 24 of the 242 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
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From the graded readers
我打开门，房 间 里很黑。
wǒ dǎkāi mén, fángjiān lǐ hěn hēi.
I opened the door and the room was dark.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
房 间 不大，可是很干净。
fángjiān búdà, kěshì hěn gānjìng.
It isn't big, but it's very clean.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
我花了整整三天时 间 整理。
wǒ huāle zhěngzhěng sāntiān shíjiān zhěnglǐ.
It took me three full days to sort it out.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我总觉得自己在浪费时 间 。
wǒ zǒng juéde zìjǐ zài làngfèi shíjiān.
I kept feeling I was wasting time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
这个月我搬到了一个新房 间 。
zhège yuè wǒ bāndào le / liǎo / liào yīgè xīnfáng jiān.
This month I moved into a new room.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
旅馆很便宜，房 间 也很干净。
lǚguǎn hěn piányi, fángjiān yě hěn gānjìng.
It was cheap and the room was clean.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
现在这个房 间 已经像我的家了。
xiànzài zhège fángjiān yǐjīng xiàng wǒ de(possessive) jiā le / liǎo / liào.
Now the room already feels like home.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
From the travel phrasebook
谢谢您的时 间 。
Xièxie nín de shíjiān.
Thank you for your time.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
谢谢您今天的时 间 。
Xièxie nín jīntiān de shíjiān.
Thank you for your time today.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
我东西忘在房 间 里了。
Wǒ dōngxi wàng zài fángjiān lǐ le.
I left something in the room.
Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in
From the grammar library
他走进房 间 来。
Tā zǒu jìn fángjiān lái.
He walked into the room.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
这个房 间 能坐五十个人。
Zhège fángjiān néng zuò wǔshí ge rén.
This room can seat fifty people.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"
间 appears in 242 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 间
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 间
How is 间 used in a sentence?
This page shows 242 sentences using 间 (jiān, "Between (within - mw for rooms)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 间 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 间 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 间?
The dictionary page for 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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