zhī jiān

Traditional: 之間

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之间 (zhī jiān) is a Chinese word meaning “(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])”.

Meanings

  1. 1(after a noun) between; among; amid
  2. 2(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])
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 之间

之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])间jiān · between

Related words

时间(concept of) time之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind房间room间between间gap之一one of (sth)之类and so on中间the middle; the inside之中inside空间space; room

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