其间

• 拼音: qí jiān
• 汉字拆解: 其 = 其 (that/its); 间 = 门 (gate) + 日 (sun — daylight between doors)

含义

During that time; in the interim; within that period. Refers to events or details occurring inside a previously mentioned span of time.

Used to embed additional events within a defined timeframe in formal narrative or academic writing. More literary than 期间 in feel. Common in historical accounts and formal reports.

例句

1. 她在海外留学五年，其间克服了语言和生活上的无数困难。
2. 这项工程历时三年，其间经历了多次重大的方案调整。
3. 抗战期间，其间涌现出无数视死如归的英雄人物。

用法指南

语境: academic, narrative, writing

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 代表团访问期间，其间参观了多处重要的工业生产基地。(During the delegation's visit, they toured several important industrial production bases in between.)
• 谈判历经半年，其间双方多次陷入僵局，谈判几度中断。(The negotiations lasted half a year, during which both sides repeatedly reached deadlocks and talks broke down several times.)

错误说法

• 我们其间去超市了 — use 期间/途中 in everyday speech; 其间 sounds overly literary in casual contexts

起源与历史

其 (that/its) + 间 (among/between/during)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal