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间隔

jiàngé

interval, gap; to separate

HSK 6 · Topic “Time and Stages”
A row of trees with equal gaps along a path
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Characters in this word

间 jiān

Strokes
7
Radical
门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
Made of
门 gate, door, entrance, opening 日 sun
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

隔 gé

Strokes
12
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 鬲 earthen pot, iron cauldron
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 两次会议之间的间隔只有十分钟。 Liǎng cì huìyì zhījiān de jiàngé zhǐ yǒu shí fēnzhōng. The interval between the two meetings is only ten minutes.
  • 种树的时候，每棵树之间要留出一米的间隔。 Zhòng shù de shíhou, měi kē shù zhījiān yào liúchū yì mǐ de jiàngé. When planting trees, leave a gap of one metre between each tree.
  • 这两个房间被一堵薄墙间隔开了。 Zhè liǎng gè fángjiān bèi yì dǔ báo qiáng jiàngé kāi le. The two rooms are separated by a thin wall.

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