之間

之間

See also: 之间

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (之間)		之	間
simp. (之间)		之	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhījiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gaan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-kiên / chṳ̂-kiân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zi¹ gian¹

• Min Nan (POJ): chi-kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhījiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjian
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ gaan¹
    • Yale: jī gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ gan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ käːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´ gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ gian¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´ gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ gian¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zi¹ gian¹
    • IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ cian⁴⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-kan
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ci'kafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi³³ kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

Postposition

之間

1. between

   世俗和宗教之間的關係 [MSC, trad.]
   世俗和宗教之间的关系 [MSC, simp.]

   shìsú hé zōngjiào zhījiān de guānxì [Pinyin]

   the relationship between the secular and the sacred

2. among
3. in (a period of a time)