中间

• 拼音: zhōng jiān
• 汉字拆解: 中 = middle; 间 = 门 (door) + 日 (sun, simplified from 月 moon) — space between, gap

含义

Middle; between; among. Indicates a position in the centre of two or more things.

A compound of 中 (middle) + 间 (between/space). Used to describe spatial position (in the middle of), temporal position (during), or abstract relationships (among). Can function as a noun or a location word after 在: 在两个人中间 (between two people).

例句

1. 他坐在我们中间。
2. 桌子在房间的中间。
3. 我家在学校和医院的中间。

用法指南

语境: location, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请坐在中间的位子。(Please sit in the middle seat.)
• 银行在超市和学校中间。(The bank is between the supermarket and the school.)

错误说法

• 在中间的两个人。(Ambiguous — specify: 在两个人中间 for 'between two people')

起源与历史

Compound of 中 (centre) + 间 (space between). 间 depicts moonlight streaming through a door, symbolising the gap or space between.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal