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时间

shí jiān

HSK 1 · word 331 of 3,000

Meaning

• (concept of) time
• (duration of) time
• (point in) time

Example sentence

Characters in 时间

• 时 shí o'clock
• 间 jiān between

时 time plus 间, an interval. 间 is the space between two things, which is why 时间 is duration and 中间 is the middle.

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