| 間 | 794C35 52B.00-4 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄐㄧㄢ [jian1] (*ㄐㄧㄢˋ [jian4] ). | ||
| N. adjunct. | A unit (of rooms): 一間臥室 a bedroom; 一間茅屋 a hut; 安得廣廈千萬間 O, that I could have ten thousand houses (to house the homeless!). | |||||
| N. | (1) A place or locality: 田間 the fields; 人間 among the living: 尚在人間 is still living; 世間 the world; 置之案間 put on the desk; 陽間 the world of the living; 陰間 the world of the dead. (2) Midpoint: 中間（人） in the middle, middleman; 居間（調停） act as a go-between, as an intermediary. (3) (*[jian4]) Space, opening: 間隙 [jian4xi4]↓; 間不容髮 by a hair's breadth; 乘間 take advantage of an opening. (4) A duration of time: 時間 a period of time; 其間 in the interval; 夜間 during nighttime; 日間 during daytime; 晚間 in the evening or night; 晨間 in the morning; 少間 in a little while; 忽然之間 all of a sudden; 百年之間 in a person's lifetime, a century; 瞬間 in the twinkling of an eye. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) (*[jian4]) To separate, divide: 間隔 [jian1ge2], 間斷 [jian1duan4]↓; 離間，反間 to alienate one person from another; 間諜 [jian1die2]！. (2) Find fault with: 禹吾無間然矣 I can't find any fault with Yu. | |||||
| Adj. | (*[jian4]) Mixed, commingled: ??[jian1se4]↓; 相間 alternate, -ly: 紅白相間 red and white intermingled. | |||||
| Adv. | (*[jian4]) Occasionally, sometimes: 間或 [jian1huo4]↓; 間有 every now and then. 間然 by accident, infrequently, by chance. | |||||
| Words | 1. 間壁 *[jian4bi4], n. & adj., next door (neighbor). 2. 間步 *[jian4bu4], v.i., go leisurely on foot (usu. 閒步 pr. [xian2]). 3. 間出 *[jian4chu1], v.i., go out furtively. 4. 間道 *[jian4dao4], n. & adv., (by) short cuts. 5. 間諜 *[jian4die2], n., a spy, a secret agent. 6. 間斷 *[jian4duan4], v.t. & adj., disconnect(ed), detach(ed), turn(ed) off. 7. 間隔 *[jian4ge2], (1) v.t., set apart, partition, divide into compartments; (2) n., an interval of space or time. 8. 間或 *[jian4huo4], adv., occasionally, now and then, sometimes. 9. 間接 *[jian4jie1], adj. & adv., indirect(ly). 10. 間  *[jian4kuo4], adj., (of friends) separated for a long time.11. 間色 *[jian4se4], adj., many-colored, variegated. 12. 間歇 *[jian4xie1], adj., intermittent: 間歇熱 intermittent fever; 間歇性 by fits and starts. 13. 間隙 *[jian4xi4], n., a cleft, a slit; a misunderstanding. | |||||