(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
trad. 之間
Also written 之間【zhī jiān】
Characters in this word
2之
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
间
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
between, among, within a definite time or space, room, section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars, classifier for rooms
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Traditional
- 間
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1415 of 2500