间歇
jiànxiē
to pause intermittently; to stop for a while
Characters in this word
歇 xiē
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- Made of
- 曷 what, why, where, which, how 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 暴雨没有完全停止，只是在清晨间歇了半个小时。 Bàoyǔ méiyǒu wánquán tíngzhǐ, zhǐ shì zài qīngchén jiànxiē le bàn ge xiǎoshí. The rainstorm did not stop completely; it merely paused for half an hour in the early morning.
- 雨下一阵，间歇一阵，一直没有停。 Yǔ xià yí zhèn, jiànxiē yí zhèn, yìzhí méiyǒu tíng. The rain came in bursts with pauses in between and never fully stopped.
- 机器工作两小时，要间歇十分钟再继续。 Jīqì gōngzuò liǎng xiǎoshí, yào jiànxiē shí fēnzhōng zài jìxù. After two hours of work, the machine must rest for ten minutes before continuing.
Related words
- 房间 fángjiān room
- 间 jiān room; between (also a measure word for rooms)
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān restroom, toilet
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 民间 mínjiān folk
- 卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom; toilet
- 空间 kōngjiān space
- 期间 qījiān during
- 之间 zhījiān between
- 间接 jiànjiē indirect
- 人间 rénjiān the human world