开 |
kāi jiān | unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺 / width of a room / (architecture) bay |
开 |
kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
间 |
jiān | between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms |
间 |
jiàn | gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent |