其 qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 八 — eight
其间
qíjiān
in the meantime
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 会议持续了三个小时，其间没有人离开会场。 Huìyì chíxù le sān gè xiǎoshí, qíjiān méiyǒu rén líkāi huìchǎng. The meeting lasted three hours, during which no one left the venue.
- 暑假一共有两个月，其间她读完了十本书。 Shǔjià yígòng yǒu liǎng ge yuè, qíjiān tā dú wán le shí běn shū. The summer vacation lasts two months, during which she finished ten books.
- 他在国外住了三年，其间只回过一次家。 Tā zài guówài zhù le sān nián, qíjiān zhǐ huí guo yí cì jiā. He lived abroad for three years and went home only once during that time.
Related words
- 其他 qítā other; the rest
- 其中 qízhōng among them
- 其次 qícì next; secondly
- 其实 qíshí actually; in fact
- 极其 jíqí extremely
- 其余 qíyú the rest; remaining
- 其 qí its; their
- 尤其 yóuqí especially
- 与其 yǔqí rather than
- 不厌其烦 búyànqífán to be endlessly patient; to take great pains
- 夸夸其谈 kuākuāqítán to talk big; to make grandiose claims
- 名副其实 míngfùqíshí to be worthy of the name; true to its name