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The Chinese word zhijian - 之间 - zhījiān
(between in Chinese)



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Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)

zhījiān

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English translations

between,
among

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Chinese characters  ( zhijian / zhījiān ) with pronunciation (English translation: between )

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之间 ( zhijian / zhījiān ) is composed of these characters: 之 (zhi) , 间 (jian)
之间 ( zhijian / zhījiān ) in traditional characters
之間
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 之间 ( zhijian / zhījiān ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).

Women zhijian meiyou mimi.
Wǒmen zhījiān méiyǒu mìmì.
 – English translation: There are no secrets between us.

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of  |  also: among
之间 ( zhijian / zhījiān ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 304)
More words that mean between in Chinese
jiān ( 间 ), zhōng ( 中 ), zhōngjiān ( 中间 )

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