間
jiānjiàn HSK1

space

间 (間) jiān frequency
classifier measure word
classifier for rooms

我租了一间单人房。

wǒ zū le yī jiān dān​rén​fáng.

I rented a single room.

between directional
between, among, or within a definite time or space

两人之间没有秘密。

liǎng rén zhī jiān méi​yǒu mì​mì.

There are no secrets between the two of them.

间 (間) jiàn
gap verb
a space, interval, or the act of separating things

这种拼合工艺要求极高，接缝处几乎无间。

zhè zhǒng pīn​hé gōng​yì yāo​qiú jí gāo, jiē​fèng chù jī​hū wú jiàn.

This jointing process is highly demanding, and the seams are almost seamless.

sow discontent directional
to cause friction or alienate people from one another

他在朋友之间挑拨离间，破坏了大家的感情。

tā zài péng​you zhī jiàn tiǎo​bō​lí​jiàn, pò​huài le dà​jiā de gǎn​qíng.

He sowed discord among friends and ruined everyone's relationship.

thin out verb
to remove excess seedlings to allow for better growth

地里的白菜太密了，需要间一下苗。

dì​lǐ de bái​cài tài mì le, xū​yào jiàn yī​xià miáo.

The cabbages in the field are too dense and need to be thinned out.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
135th most common 1510.2 per million
Movie subtitles
141st most common 1281.9 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
165.3 per million appears in 46% of films
Written text
237.1 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
间
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+9593

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)