间断 間斷
间断 間斷 jiàn duàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gaan3 dyun6 HSK 7-9
- disconnected
- interrupted
- suspended
- a gap
- a break
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间 間
- 世间 世間 shì jiān ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ sai3 gaan1 world
- 中间 中間 zhōng jiān ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ zung1 gaan1 the middle; the inside
- 之间 之間 zhī jiān ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ zi1 gaan1 (after a noun) between; among; amid
- 人间 人間 rén jiān ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ jan4 gaan1 the human world
- 其间 其間 qí jiān ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢ kei4 gaan1 in between
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- 夜间 夜間 yè jiān ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢ je6 gaan1 nighttime
- 房间 房間 fáng jiān ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ fong4 gaan1 room
- 时间 時間 shí jiān ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ si4 gaan3 (concept of) time
- 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢ maan5 gaan1 evening
- 期间 期間 qī jiān ㄑㄧ ㄐㄧㄢ kei4 gaan1 period of time
- 民间 民間 mín jiān ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ man4 gaan1 among the people
- 瞬间 瞬間 shùn jiān ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ seon3 gaan1 in an instant; in a flash
- 空间 空間 kōng jiān ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ hung1 gaan1 space; room
- 车间 車間 chē jiān ㄔㄜ ㄐㄧㄢ ce1 gaan1 workshop
- 间接 間接 jiàn jiē ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝ gaan3 zip3 indirect
- 间谍 間諜 jiàn dié ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ gaan3 dip6 spy
- 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄜˊ gaan3 gaak3 gap
- 间隙 間隙 jiàn xì ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ gaan3 kwik1 interval
- 一瞬间 一瞬間 yī shùn jiān ㄧ ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ jat1 seon3 gaan1 split second
- 时间表 時間表 shí jiān biǎo ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄠˇ si4 gaan3 biu2 schedule
断 斷
- 不断 不斷 bù duàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ bat1 tyun5 unceasing
- 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄢˋ zung1 tyun5 to cut short
- 切断 切斷 qiē duàn ㄑㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˋ cit3 dyun6 to cut off; to sever
- 判断 判斷 pàn duàn ㄆㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ pun3 dyun6 to judge; to determine; judgment
- 垄断 壟斷 lǒng duàn ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ lung5 dyun6 to monopolize
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- 打断 打斷 dǎ duàn ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ daa2 tyun5 to interrupt
- 推断 推斷 tuī duàn ㄊㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄢˋ teoi1 dyun3 to infer
- 断定 斷定 duàn dìng ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ dyun3 ding6 to conclude
- 断绝 斷絕 duàn jué ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ tyun5 zyut6 to sever; to break off
- 断裂 斷裂 duàn liè ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ tyun5 lit6 fracture
- 果断 果斷 guǒ duàn ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gwo2 dyun3 firm
- 诊断 診斷 zhěn duàn ㄓㄣˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ can2 dyun3 to diagnose
- 断断续续 斷斷續續 duàn duàn xù xù ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄒㄩˋ tyun5 tyun5 zuk6 zuk6 intermittent
- 源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán bù duàn ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ jyun4 jyun4 bat1 dyun6 (idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
- 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ liu5 dyun6 to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)
- 公断 公斷 gōng duàn ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gung1 dyun3 arbitration (law)
- 剪断 剪斷 jiǎn duàn ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ zin2 tyun5 to cut
- 割断 割斷 gē duàn ㄍㄜ ㄉㄨㄢˋ got3 tyun5 to cut off
- 夹断 夾斷 jiā duàn ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gep6 tyun5 to nip (i.e. cut short)
- 妄断 妄斷 wàng duàn ㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ mong5 dyun3 to jump to an unfounded conclusion
Idioms with these characters
- 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄚˋ gaan3 bat1 jung4 faat3 (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
- 亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiàn ㄑㄧㄣ ㄇㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ can1 mat6 mou4 gaan1 (idiom) to have a very close relationship with each other
- 人间地狱 人間地獄 rén jiān dì yù ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ jan4 gaan1 dei6 juk6 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
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- 瞬息之间 瞬息之間 shùn xī zhī jiān ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄧ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ seon3 sik1 zi1 gaan1 (idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
- 弹指之间 彈指之間 tán zhǐ zhī jiān ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ taan4 zi2 zi1 gaan1 (idiom) in a flash; instantly
- 田间地头 田間地頭 tián jiān dì tóu ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ tin4 gaan1 dei6 tau4 (idiom) farms and fields; the grassroots level of agricultural work
- 挑拨离间 挑撥離間 tiǎo bō lí jiàn ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ tiu1 but6 lei4 gaan3 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
- 转眼之间 轉眼之間 zhuǎn yǎn zhī jiān ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ zyun2 ngaan5 zi1 gaan1 (idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
- 字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ zi6 leoi5 hong4 gaan1 between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
- 残垣断壁 殘垣斷壁 cán yuán duàn bì ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ caan4 wun4 dyun6 bik1 lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 当断不断 當斷不斷 dāng duàn bù duàn ㄉㄤ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ dong1 tyun5 bat1 tyun5 (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
- 当机立断 當機立斷 dāng jī lì duàn ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ dong1 gei1 laap6 dyun6 to make prompt decisions (idiom)
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- 断壁残垣 斷壁殘垣 duàn bì cán yuán ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 断壁颓垣 斷壁頹垣 duàn bì tuí yuán ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄩㄢˊ lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 断港绝潢 斷港絕潢 duàn gǎng jué huáng ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ dyun6 gong2 zyut6 wong4 to be unable to continue
- 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˇ dyun6 zau6 zi1 pik1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
- 断垣残壁 斷垣殘壁 duàn yuán cán bì ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 断章取义 斷章取義 duàn zhāng qǔ yì ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤ ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ dyun6 zoeng1 ceoi2 ji6 (idiom) to quote out of context
- 独断独行 獨斷獨行 dú duàn dú xíng ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ duk6 dyun6 duk6 hang4 to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
Example sentences
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她 毫无 毫無 间断 間斷 地 照顾 照顧 自己 的 孩子 。
She always takes care of her children.
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我们 我們 可以 把 间断 間斷 平衡 理论 理論 应用 應用 到 语言 語言 上 。
We could apply the theory of punctuated equilibrium to languages.
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自由职业 自由職業 的 优点 優點 是 ， 人们 人們 可以 自由 的 分配 他们 他們 的 工作时间 工作時間 。 它 的 缺点 缺點 是 ， 人们 人們 实际上 實際上 必须 必須 24 小时 小時 不 间断 間斷 的 工作 。
The advantage of freelancing is that you can divide your time freely. The disadvantage is that you actually have to work around the clock.
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