间隔
Old HSK 6
间隔 (jiàngé) · interval
间隔 (jiàngé) means “interval; gap; to separate”. It is written with 2 characters: 间 (measure word for rooms) + 隔 (to separate). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 间隔 is built
The characters
间 jiān · measure word for rooms
What 间 is made of
- 门mén — door
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
隔 gé · to separate
What 隔 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 鬲gé — earthen pot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 鬲 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
公共汽车每隔十分钟一班，间隔很短。Gōnggòngqìchē měi gé shí fēnzhōng yì bān, jiàngé hěn duǎn.The bus comes every ten minutes, so the interval is short.
两棵树之间的间隔是三米。Liǎng kē shù zhījiān de jiàngé shì sān mǐ.The gap between the two trees is three meters.
Questions about 间隔
What does 间隔 mean?
间隔 (jiàngé) means “interval; gap; to separate”.
How do you pronounce 间隔?
间隔 is pronounced jiàngé.
Which HSK level is 间隔?
间隔 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet
- 中间zhōngjiānmiddle
- 民间mínjiānfolk
- 卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom
- 空间kōngjiānspace
- 期间qījiānperiod
- 之间zhījiānbetween
- 间谍jiàndiéspy
Learn 间隔 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 92: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.