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間 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓日 (ANA), four-corner 77607, composition ⿵門日)
- 僴, 𭂠, 墹, 𡢃(㛠), 𡼏, 𢢀(𫺒), 𢵧, 澗(涧), 𣊺, 𬛖, 橺(𱣤), 𭮣, 𤏐(𭴳), 𤩎, 瞷(𬑗), 磵, 𥼴, 𦅘, 𦗬, 𧒄, 襇(裥), 𧢑, 𧬘, 𧯑, 𨅍(𨁴), 𨣉(𬪫), 鐧(锏), 𩻾, 𪙨, 覸, 𩴦, 鷼, 𪪢, 癎, 蕳(𫈉), 簡(简), 鬝, 𪧶
- 㗴 (Exception: Only for Japanese character form which contains ⿰口間. Other regional forms contain ⿰口閒 instead)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41249
- Dae Jaweon: page 1839, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4288, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9593
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Old Chinese
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間
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*kreːn, *kreːns
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簡
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*kreːnʔ
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澗
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*kreːns, *kraːns
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鐧
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*kreːns, *kraːns
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蕑
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*kreːn
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覵
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*kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ
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襉
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*kreːnʔ, *kreːns
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僩
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*kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ
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鬜
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*kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd
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癇
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*ɡreːn
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瞯
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*ɡreːn
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憪
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*ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ
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橌
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*ɡraːnʔ
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撊
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*ɡraːnʔ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 門 (“door”) + 日 (“sun”). Originally 閒, moonlight (月) peeking through a door (門) – interstice; space.
The two pronunciations are related, with Pronunciation 2 (間 (OC *kreːns)) being the exoactive of Pronunciation 1 (間 (OC *kreːn)).
Related to:
Externally, likely related to Mizo kâr (“space between; interval”), Burmese ကြား (kra:, “in-between; interval; interim”), အကြား (a.kra:, “gap; break”) (Schuessler, 2007).
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): jiān (jian1)
- (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җян (ži͡an, III)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaan1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): gan1
- (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): gaan1
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân
- (Meixian, Guangdong): gian1
- Jin (Wiktionary): jie1
- Northern Min (KCR): gáing
- Eastern Min (BUC): găng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): keng / kuiⁿ / kaiⁿ / kan
- (Teochew, Peng'im): goin1 / gain1 / gang1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ke; 1ci
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan1 / ga1
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- keng/kuiⁿ/kaiⁿ - vernacular (“room, classifier”);
- kan - literary.
Note:
- goin1/gain1 - vernacular (“room, classifier”) (gain1 - Jieyang, Chaoyang);
- gang1 - literary.
Note:
- 1ke - vernacular;
- 1ji - literary.
Note: ga1 - in 中間子.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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間
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Reading #
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1/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛn ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁre[n]/
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English
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interval
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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間
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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6226
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Phonetic component
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閒
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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閒
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːn/
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Notes
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原作閒同說文
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間
- within a definite time period or place
- 時間/时间 ― shíjiān ― time, period
- 晚間/晚间 ― wǎnjiān ― evening, night
- 世間/世间 ― shìjiān ― world, earth
- 空間/空间 ― kōngjiān ― space
- among; between
小鳥們在樹枝間唱歌。 [MSC, trad.]
小鸟们在树枝间唱歌。 [MSC, simp.]- Xiǎo niǎo men zài shùzhī jiān chàng gē. [Pinyin]
- The birds were singing among the branches of the tree.
兩個公司間的談判非常成功。 [MSC, trad.]
两个公司间的谈判非常成功。 [MSC, simp.]- Liǎng ge gōngsī jiān de tánpàn fēicháng chénggōng. [Pinyin]
- The negotiations between the two companies were successful.
兩點間直線最短。 [MSC, trad.]
两点间直线最短。 [MSC, simp.]- Liǎng diǎn jiān zhíxiàn zuì duǎn. [Pinyin]
- The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
- a moment; a little while; instant
- room; chamber
- 房間/房间 ― fángjiān ― room
- 衛生間/卫生间 ― wèishēngjiān ― bathroom, toilet
- 衣帽間/衣帽间 ― yīmàojiān ― cloakroom
- 雙人間/双人间 ― shuāngrénjiān ― double room
- section of a room; lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- Classifier for smallest units of housing, such as rooms and shopfronts.
- (chiefly Cantonese) Classifier for buildings in general, including schools, banks, cinemas, hospitals, shops, factories.
- a surname
Dialectal synonyms of
房間 (“room”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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房間
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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屋子, 屋兒, 屋, 房
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Taiwan
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房間
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Ulanhot
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屋兒
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Tongliao
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屋兒
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Chifeng
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房間
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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屋兒
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Harbin
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屋子
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Malaysia
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房間
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Singapore
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房間
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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屋子, 屋, 房子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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房子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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房間兒
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Wanrong
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房兒
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Xi'an
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房子, 房
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Xuzhou
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屋
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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屋
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Bayanhot
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房間
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Lanzhou
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房子
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Ürümqi
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房子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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房子, 屋子, 屋, 房間
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Wuhan
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房, 房間
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Guiyang
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房間
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Guilin
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房間
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Liuzhou
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房間, 房
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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房間, 房, 房子
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Yangzhou
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房間
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Hefei
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房, 屋子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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房, 房間
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Hong Kong
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房
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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房間
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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房
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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間肚
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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房間
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Macau
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房
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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房
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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屋仔
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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房
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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房
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Foshan
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房
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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房
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Foshan (Shunde)
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房
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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房
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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房
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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房
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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房
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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房
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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房
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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房
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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房
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Taishan
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房
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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房
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Enping (Niujiang)
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房
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Heshan (Yayao)
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房
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Dongguan
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房, 房間
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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房間
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Shenzhen (Dapeng)
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房
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Shaoguan
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房
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Yunfu
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房間
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Yangjiang
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屋間, 間
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Xinyi
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房, 房間
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Lianjiang
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房
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Nanning
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房, 屋
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Wuzhou
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房, 屋
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Yulin
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房間, 屋
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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房間, 屋
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Danzhou
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房
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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房
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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房
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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房間, 房
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Gan
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Nanchang
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房間, 房
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Poyang
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房間
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Yugan
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房間
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Wannian
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房間
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Yiyang, Jiangxi
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間
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Hengfeng
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間
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Yanshan (Hekou)
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間
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Lichuan
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房仔, 房間
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Pingxiang
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房
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Hakka
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Meixian
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房間, 間仔, 間, 屋仔
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Xingning
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間
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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房間
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Huiyang
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房間
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Huidong (Daling)
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間
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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房
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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房間
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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房間
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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間
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Wengyuan
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間
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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房間
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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房
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Liannan
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間
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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間
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Jiexi
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間
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Luhe
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房間
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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屋
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Changting
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間哩, 間
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Wuping
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間
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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間
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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間
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Liancheng
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間哩, 間
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Ninghua
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房間
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Yudu
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間, 房間, 歇間
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Ningdu
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間
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Ruijin
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間
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Shicheng
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間
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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間
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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間
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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間
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Dayu
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間
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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間房, 房間, 間
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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房間, 間房
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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間房, 房間
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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間房, 房間
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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間房, 房間
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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房間, 間房
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Hong Kong
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間肚, 間
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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房間
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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房間
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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間
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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房
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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屋房
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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房間
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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間角 large, 房 small
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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間
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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間
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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間
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Luchuan
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間
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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房間
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Senai (Huiyang)
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房間
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Kuching (Hepo)
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房間
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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房間
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Singkawang
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間肚
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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房
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Shexian
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房
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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房間
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Xiuning
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房, 房間
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Yixian
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房
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Qimen
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房
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Wuyuan
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房
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Dexing
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房間
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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家, 房子
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Xinzhou
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家
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Taibus (Baochang)
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房屋
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Linhe
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房間
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Jining
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房子, 房
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Hohhot
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家合兒, 家裡頭
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Baotou
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房子, 房
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Dongsheng
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房間
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Haibowan
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屋子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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房間
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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厝間
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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間
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Jianyang
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厝間
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Wuyishan
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厝間
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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厝間
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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房裡, 房間, 房
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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房裡
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Fuqing
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房裡, 房間
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Yongtai
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間裡
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Gutian
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間裡
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Fu'an
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間裡
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Ningde
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間裡
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Shouning
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間裡
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Zhouning
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間裡
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Fuding
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間裡
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Matsu
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房裡, 房間
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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房間, 厝間, 房, 口間
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Quanzhou
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房間, 房
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Jinjiang
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厝間
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Yongchun
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房
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Zhangzhou
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房間, 房
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Kaohsiung
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房間
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Penang (Hokkien)
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房間
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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房間, 厝間
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Manila (Hokkien)
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房間, 房
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Longyan
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房間
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Zhangping
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間內
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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間內, 間房
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Datian
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房間
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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房間, 屋
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Chaozhou
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房
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Shantou
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房
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Jieyang
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房, 間囝
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Haifeng
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房間
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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房間
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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房間
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Singapore (Teochew)
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房間
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Leizhou
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房
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Wenchang
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房
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Haikou
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房
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Qionghai
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房
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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房間, 厝間
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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房間, 厝間
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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厝間
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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房間, 厝間
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Xianyou
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厝間, 房間
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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房間
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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房間
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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房
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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房
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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房, 房間
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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房間
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Wu
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Shanghai
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房間
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Suzhou
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房間
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Danyang
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房間
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Hangzhou
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房間
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Ningbo
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房間
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Wenzhou
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間, 房間
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Jinhua
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房, 房間
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Shangrao
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房間
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Shangrao (Guangfeng)
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間
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Yushan
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房間
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Xiang
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Changsha
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房, 屋 not used as a bedroom
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Loudi
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房
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Shuangfeng
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房, 屋 not used as a bedroom
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Quanzhou
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房間, 屋子
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Note: gain3 - Jieyang, Chaoyang.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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間
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Reading #
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2/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛn ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁre[n]/
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English
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間關 sound of a chariot"s linchpin (Ode 218.1)
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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間
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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6228
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Phonetic component
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閒
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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襇
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːns/
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Notes
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閒後起字體
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間
- opening; gap; break
- estrangement; alienation; hostility
- spy; secret agent
- to keep away from; to keep apart
- to separate; to partition
- to alternate; to do something alternately
- to be mixed up with; to be intermingled
- to sow discord
- to blame; to reproach
- intermittently; sometimes
- in secret; clandestinely
間
- (obsolete) Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
- (obsolete) Used in place names.
間
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 閒)
- Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
- Kun: あいだ (aida, 間, Jōyō)、ま (ma, 間, Jōyō)、あい (ai, 間)、あわい (awai, 間)、はざま (hazama, 間)、うかがう (ukagau, 間う)、しずか (shizuka, 間か)、ひそかに (hisokani, 間かに)
- Nanori: ちか (chika)
For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry.
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【あいだ】
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- [noun] a space
- [noun] a while; an interval; (when followed by に) meanwhile
- [noun] between
- [noun] during
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(This term, 間, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 間, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 間, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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From Middle Chinese 間 / 间 (kɛn, “interval”).
間 • (kan)
- space; interval; among; between
- extent; scope
- hidden; invisible
- Alternative spelling of 閑 (kan, “free time”)
間 • (kan)
- interval
間 • (-kan)
- suffixes some expressions of time to tell duration rather than time or date
- 二時 ― ni-ji ― two (o'clock)
- 二時間 ― ni-jikan ― two hours
- 二時五分 ― ni-ji go-fun ― five past two
- 五分(間) ― go-fun (kan) ― five minutes
- 二日 ― futsuka ― the 2nd (day of the month)
- 二日(間) ― futsuka (kan) ― two days
For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 間, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
間 (eumhun 사이 간 (sai gan))
- hanja form? of 간 (“between”)
間: Hán Nôm readings: căn, dán, gian, gián, giãn
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