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間
gaan1
Mandarin: jian1
Simplified: 间
classifier
Definitions
  1. 1 measure word for rooms, shops, companies classifier
Other Readings
間
haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle | # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 間
中間
zung1 gaan1
middle; between
陰間
jam1 gaan1
nether world; afterworld; hell; inferno; region beyond the grave
日光節約時間
jat6 gwong1 zit3 joek3 si4 gaan1*3
daylight-saving time | Also known as "Summer Time" (夏令時間) in some countr
陣間
zan6 gaan1
soon; in a moment; in a while
時間機器
si4 gaan1*3 gei1 hei3
time machine [Syn.] 時光機
間開做
gaan3 hoi1 zou6
to partition into
長啲時間
coeng4 di1 si4 gaan1*3
a longer time
閱讀時間
jyut6 duk6 si4 gaan1*3
viewing time
瞬間移動
seon3 gaan1 ji4 dung6
Teleportation
間中
gaan3 zung1
rarely; occasionally (spoken)
泵時間
dam1 si4 gaan3
to play for time; to drag out the time [colloquial]
在﹍之間
zoi6 ...zi1 gaan1
between
河間
ho4 gaan1
(noun) stream
霎時間
saap3 si4 gaan1
in a moment; in an instant
突然之間
dat6 jin4 zi1 gaan1
Suddenly
民間傳說
man4 gaan1 cyun4 syut3
folklore; popular legend
民間組織
man4 gaan1 zou2 zik1
non-governmental organization (NGO)
反間諜軟件
faan2 gaan3 dip6 jyun5 gin6*2
anti-spyware software
中間神經元
zung1 gaan1 san4 ging1 jyun4
interneuron
間諜
gaan3 dip6
spy
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