Chinese symbol for “amid”
之间
zhī jiān
Traditional: 之間
(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (tán zhǐ zhī jiān))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for amid is 之间 (zhī jiān), defined as: (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (tán zhǐ zhī jiān)).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 之间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before; prior to |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth); one out of a multitude |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside; among |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
See also: Japanese symbol for “amid”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.