"無間" meaning in Chinese

See 無間 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bu¹³⁻²² kan²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /bu²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /bu²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/, /mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/, /bu¹³⁻²² kan²¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: wújiàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ gaan³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bû-kàn, wújiàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wújiàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wu²-chien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wú-jyàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wujiann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], уцзянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], uczjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mòuh gaan [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ gaan³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ gan³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bû-kàn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], bû-kàn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], bu'kaxn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 无间
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 無間
  1. to have no gaps in between physically; to be close; to be hard to separate
    Sense id: en-無間-zh-verb-Hql80CqM
  2. to have no gaps in between temporally; to be ceaseless; to be uninterrupted
    Sense id: en-無間-zh-verb-m49QvGkz Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 72 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 77 12
  3. to make no distinction
    Sense id: en-無間-zh-verb-ppmJpCqE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 合作無間 (hézuòwújiàn), 合作无间 (hézuòwújiàn), 物我無間, 物我无间, 親密無間, 亲密无间
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      "roman": "hézuòwújiàn",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "word": "親密無間"
    },
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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              5,
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          ],
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              4
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          "english": "to have good cooperation",
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              2,
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      "links": [
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          "no",
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        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "physically",
          "physically"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "temporally",
          "temporally"
        ],
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          "ceaseless",
          "ceaseless"
        ],
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          "uninterrupted"
        ]
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        "to make no distinction"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "distinction",
          "distinction"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gaan³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-kàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wujiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "уцзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uczjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh gaan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gaan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'kaxn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kan²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kan²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無間"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 間",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
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      "roman": "hézuòwújiàn",
      "word": "合作無間"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hézuòwújiàn",
      "word": "合作无间"
    },
    {
      "word": "物我無間"
    },
    {
      "word": "物我无间"
    },
    {
      "word": "親密無間"
    },
    {
      "word": "亲密无间"
    }
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              2,
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          "english": "to have good cooperation",
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          "english": "to have good cooperation",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have no gaps in between physically; to be close; to be hard to separate"
      ],
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        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ],
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "physically",
          "physically"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have no gaps in between temporally; to be ceaseless; to be uninterrupted"
      ],
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        [
          "temporally",
          "temporally"
        ],
        [
          "ceaseless",
          "ceaseless"
        ],
        [
          "uninterrupted",
          "uninterrupted"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make no distinction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distinction",
          "distinction"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gaan³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-kàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wújiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wujiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "уцзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uczjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh gaan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gaan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-kàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bu'kaxn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kan²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu¹³⁻²² kan²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² kan⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無間"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 無間 meaning in Chinese (3.5kB)

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