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间 jiān

The Chinese measure word for rooms.

间 counts rooms and small buildings: a bedroom, an office, a kitchen, a classroom. A whole flat with several rooms takes 套.

  • 一间房间yì jiān fángjiāna room
  • 两间卧室liǎng jiān wòshìtwo bedrooms
  • 一间办公室yì jiān bàngōngshìan office

35 nouns that take 间

Most common first
房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story)房间fáng jiānroom办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises房fánghouse; room教堂jiào tángchurch; chapel实验室shí yàn shìlaboratory厕所cè suǒtoilet; lavatory厨房chú fángkitchen屋子wū zihouse; room餐厅cān tīngdining hall; dining room卧室wò shìbedroom浴室yù shìbathroom (room used for bathing)堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose客厅kè tīngdrawing room (room for arriving guests); living room教室jiào shìclassroom卫生间wèi shēng jiānbathroom; toilet宿舍sù shèdormitory; dorm room病房bìng fángward (of a hospital); sickroom储藏室chǔ cáng shìstoreroom书房shū fángstudy (room); studio课堂kè tángclassroom舞厅wǔ tīngdance hall; ballroom食堂shí tángdining hall; cafeteria寝室qǐn shìbedroom; dormitory当铺dàng pùpawnshop盥洗室guàn xǐ shìtoilet; washroom发廊fà lánghair salon; hairdresser's shop棚子péng zishack; shed门面mén mianshop front; facade阅览室yuè lǎn shìreading room灶间zào jiānkitchen (dialect)讲堂jiǎng tánglecture hall中厅zhōng tīnglobby; foyer洗澡间xǐ zǎo jiānbathroom; restroom病室bìng shìinfirmary; ward

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.