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[粵] gaan1 | [國] jian1 [1] [n] space between; relationship among; interval [2] [n] (within) a definite time or space [3] [n] room; cubicle; workshop [4] classifier for shop, house, bedroom, etc [粵] gaan3 | [國] jian4 [1] [n] opening; gap; break [2] [v] separate; alternate; partition [3] [v] sow discord; drive a wedge Default PoS: Additional PoS: Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 12
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 問閒聞 |
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按時間先後 on3 si4 gaan3 sin1 hau6 = chronological 之間 zi1 gaan1 = between; in the middle of 任何時間 jam6 ho4 si4 gaan1*3 = anytime 午間 ng5 gaan1 = noon; midday 時間 si4 gaan3; si4 gaan1 = time 洗手間 sai2 sau2 gaan1 = washroom 中間 zung1 gaan1 = middle; centre; (placename) Chung Kan 什麼時間 sam6 mo1 si4 gaan1*3 = when? what time? 國 嘥時間 saai1 si4 gaan1*3 = to waste time 粵 一陣間 jat1 zan6 gaan1 = soon; a moment; a while 粵 See all 152 compounds (CantoDict reports 172 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 37 examples containing 間
我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗 粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here. [Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
廁所魔鏡,世間上邊個最靚? 粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all? [Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]
間辦公室俾啲細路搞到立立亂。 粵
The office was turned upside-down by the kids. [[parsing] (classifier) office by (plural classifier) kids make (extent particle) chaotic http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128766 ]
間房係屈質啲,將就下啦。 粵
The room is indeed cramped, please make do with it. [[i]literal[/i] (classifier) room is cramped indeed, make-do-with a-little (particle)]
乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here? [Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]
我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。 粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children. [The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]
可惜那天限於時間,我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。 國
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.
如果你唔忙嘅話,你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。 粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?
基本上間屋布置好咗,剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫 粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被,重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。 粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.
有邊讀邊,沒邊讀中間。 國
Read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side. [This is a guesswork method people use to read a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation.]
間酒店冇理由咁平格,話唔定啲房有鬼。 粵
There is no reason why the rates for this hotel is so low. Maybe there are ghosts in the rooms. [Final particle 格 is the affective version of 㗎.]
兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫,我攞咗佢去熨。 粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed. [Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]
你要掉咗啲垃圾, 間辦公室好亂 粵
Can you bin the junk that's lying around? The office is a mess. [Lit. you need throw-away [particle used in imperatives] [plural particle] rubbish, [counter] office very messy Other words you could use instead of 好亂: 好亂龍, 亂晒, 亂晒龍, or 亂晒大龍]
突然間食咁多芒果,我覺得佢好𠺫𠵇 粵
I think he's very strange, suddenly eating all those mangoes like that. [Lit. suddenly eat so many mangoes, I think he very strange.]
間超市行路去得到。 粵
The supermarket is within walking distance. [間 the | 超市 supermarket | 行路 walking | 去 go | 得 able to | 到 arrive]
四月尾忽然間落場大雪,真係「未食五月粽,寒衣唔入籠」! 粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say! [未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]
經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。 粵
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.
我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。 粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨 粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed. [[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |