间 – vocab dash

间jiān

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Meanings

1. between

2. among

3. within a definite time or space

4. room

5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars

6. classifier for rooms

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Examples50

我wǒ的de家人jiārén住zhù在zài那nà间jiān房子fángzi。

My family live in that house.

我wǒ有yǒu一yī间jiān非常fēicháng大dà的de房子fángzi。

I have a very large house.

我wǒ和hé见次去qù同一tóngyī间jiān学校xuéxiào。

I go to the same school as Kenji.

那个nàge作家zuòjiā就是jiùshì在zài这zhè间jiān房fáng里lǐ自杀zìshā的de。

This is the room where the author killed himself.

那nà是shì一yī间jiān兰色sè的de房子fángzi。

That's a blue house.

通常tōngcháng情况qíngkuàng下xià，我们wǒmen在zài这zhè间jiān房间fángjiān睡觉shuìjiào。

We usually sleep in this room.