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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

Postposition

之間

between
among
in (a period of a time)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhījiān

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gaan¹
Hakka

(Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-kiên / chṳ̂-kiân

(Meixian, Guangdong): zi¹ gian¹
Min Nan (POJ): chi-kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhījiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ gaan¹
  - Yale: jī gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gaan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kɑːn⁵⁵/
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/