# 之間
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhījiān
       (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi$^1$ jian$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$ gaan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-kiên / chṳ̂-kiân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^1$ gian$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chi-kan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^1$ gang$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$tsy-ci$_1$ / $^1$tsyu-cie$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhījiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjian
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$-chien$^1$
*** Yale: jr̄-jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjian
*** Palladius: чжицзянь (čžiczjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zi$^1$ jian$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zgian
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$ gaan$^1$
*** Yale: jī gāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$ gaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$ gan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-kiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$ gien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^1$ gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-kiân
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$ gian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^1$ gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^1$ gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ kian⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-kan
*** Tâi-lô: tsi-kan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ci'kafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ kan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ze$^1$ gang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ kang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy-ci$_1$
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$ ci$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr-ji$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsyu-cie$_1$
*** MiniDict: tsyu$^平$ cie$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩ʷ⁴⁴ t͡ɕɪ/
* Middle Chinese: tsyi kean
Rime :
| Character | 之 | 間 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 止而切 | 古閑切 |
| Baxter | tsyi | kean |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨ/ | /kˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕɨ/ | /kᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕie/ | /kæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨ/ | /kəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiə/ | /kɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭə/ | /kæn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi/ | /kăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhī | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ | gaan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tə kˤre[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯ kreːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 之 | 間 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhī | jiān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyi › | ‹ kɛn › |
| Old Chinese | /*tə/ | /*kˁre[n]/ |
| English | (3p object pronoun; attributive particle) | interval |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 之 | 間 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 17188 | 6226 |
| Phonetic component | 之 | 閒 |
| Rime group | 之 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 之 | 閒 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjɯ/ | /*kreːn/ |
| Notes | | 原作閒同說文 |

### Postposition

之間
* between
    夫妻之間／夫妻之间 ― fūqī zhījiān ― between a married couple
       Níbó'ěr wèiyú Zhōngguó hé Yìndù zhījiān. [Pinyin]
       Nepal is situated between China and India.
    元旦和春節之間／元旦和春节之间 ― yuándàn hé chūnjié zhījiān ― between New Year's Day and Spring Festival
       shìsú hé zōngjiào zhījiān de guānxì [Pinyin]
       the relationship between the secular and the sacred
       Zhè liǎng ge zhījiān dàodǐ yǒu shénmeyàng de qūbié? [Pinyin]
       What is the difference between these two?
* (used after some verbs or adverbs to indicate that time is brief)
    忽然之間／忽然之间 ― hūrán zhījiān ― in a sudden
    轉眼之間／转眼之间 ― zhuǎnyǎn zhījiān ― in a flash

#### Derived terms

* 一念之間 / 一念之间 (yīniànzhījiān)
* 一時之間 / 一时之间
* 伯仲之間 / 伯仲之间
* 俯仰之間 / 俯仰之间 (fǔyǎngzhījiān)
* 十畝之間 / 十亩之间
* 在不夷不惠之間 / 在不夷不惠之间
* 季孟之間 / 季孟之间
* 彈指之間 / 弹指之间
* 方寸之間 / 方寸之间
* 漏刻之間 / 漏刻之间
* 瞬息之間 / 瞬息之间
* 矢石之間 / 矢石之间
* 立談之間 / 立谈之间
* 終食之間 / 终食之间
* 翻手之間 / 翻手之间 (fān shǒu zhī jiān)
* 轉眼之間 / 转眼之间