BETWEEN    中間

RELATION of one PLACE to TWO PLACES IN EXACTLY CONTRARY DIRECTIONS, OR the PLACE that has THESE RELATIONS.
IN THE SPACE SEPARATINGIN THE MIDDLE OFWITH ONE ON EITHER SIDEAMIDAMIDST
Old Chinese Criteria
[BASIC/MARGINAL] [ELEVATED/FAMILIAR] 1. The standard (semi-grammaticalised) word is jiān 間 which refers to anything interposed between two things. [BASIC] 2. Jì 際 is a dignified term for the area in space or time where different things meet. [ELEVATED] 3. Zhōng 中 which regularly means "in the middle of" can occasionally come to be used in place of jiān 間 "between". [MARGINAL]
Modern Chinese Criteria
之間 中間 當間 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • INSIDEPLACE which BE-IN:is-in ANOTHER MORE BIG PLACE.
  • MIDDLEPLACE OR TIME at the SAME DISTANCE FROM BORDERS OR LIMITS SURROUNDING them, OR IN-RELATION-TO TWO SIDES.
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)

Words (7 items)

間  jiān OC: kreen MC: kɣɛn 20 Attributions

The standard (semi-grammaticalised) word is jiān 間 which refers to anything interposed between two things.

    Syntactic words
  • n(post-N)what is between the N
  • npost-Nplaceinterstice, opening
  • npost-Ntimebetween
  • npost.N1+N2placethe space between
  • vtoNbe between, come in between
  • vtt+prep+.N1+N2to lie between N1 and N2; to be wedged between N1 and N2
閒  jiān MC: kean OC: kreen 8 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-.N1+N2= 間; between N1 and N2LZ
  • npost-npro(= jian1 間) between, e.g. 是間 "between these"LZ
際  jì OC: skeds MC: tsiɛi 4 Attributions

Jì 際 is a dignified term for the area in space or time where different things meet.

    Syntactic words
  • nttinterface, the point where two spheres or eras meet 天地之際
中間  zhōng jiān OC: krluŋ kreen MC: ʈuŋ kɣɛn 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabtemporalperiod inbetween > period
  • NPpost-Nbetween
介  jiè OC: kreeds MC: kɣɛi 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vadVbeing placed between two things ZUO 介居大國之間
  • vt+prep+Nbe wedged between
隔  gé OC: kreeɡ MC: kɣɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNbe between
中  zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nwhat is between