粵

中zung1間gaan1

simp中间
zung1 gaan1zhōng jiān

English

  1. the middle; the inside
  2. between; in between
  3. moderate, in terms of political stance; centrist; middle-of-the-road
  4. in the middle; within; between; among
  5. centre; middle
  6. during; in the meantime

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 處於兩者之間(除咗指空間嘅位置之外,亦可以指兩段時間)
  2. 唔左唔右,接納各種觀點嘅政治立場
  3. 喺一個範圍入面,同邊界距離較遠嘅地方

Examples

  • 中間派

    political moderates

  • 中間路線

    moderate / non-radical stance or strategies

  • 啲牙籤喺張枱中間。

    The toothpicks are in the centre of the table.

  • 個mon中間裂咗。

    The screen is cracked in the middle.

  • 佢坐喺爸爸同哥哥中間。

    She sits between her father and brother. ----

  • 喺兩堂中間,有一個五分鐘嘅小息。

    There is a break of 5 minutes between classes.

  • 一個話東,一個話西,個真相實係喺東同西中間喇。

    He says one thing; she says the opposite. The truth must be somewhere in the middle.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 儘管互聯網廣泛噉使用,但係每個產品類別仍然存在大型中間分銷商或者批發商。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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