jiān

between; among; within a definite time or space

measure word(名) HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 間

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

这间房间很大。

This room is big.

我家有三间房间。

My home has three rooms.