居間

See also: 居间

Chinese

		reside	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (居間)		居	間
simp. (居间)		居	间

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jūjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ gaan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-kan / ki-kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jūjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyujian
  - Wade–Giles: chü¹-chien¹
  - Yale: jyū-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujian
  - Palladius: цзюйцзянь (czjujczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi¹ gaan¹
  - Yale: gēui gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-kan
  - Tâi-lô: ku-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ku'kafn
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-kan
  - Tâi-lô: ki-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'kafn
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

Adverb

居間

between two parties

Japanese

Kanji in this term
居	間
い Grade: 5	ま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いま [ìmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ima̠]

Noun

居(い)間(ま) • (ima)

living room

Synonyms

居室(きょしつ) (kyoshitsu)
リビング (ribingu)

References

“居間”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
居	間

Noun

居間 • (geogan) (hangeul 거간)

hanja form^? of 거간 (“act as a broker”)