之zi1間gaan1

English

1. (after a noun) between; among; amid
2. between; among
3. (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺兩樣嘢或者兩個人中間

Examples

• 兩者之間冇乜分別。

  There is not much difference between the two.

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• 我哋之間有好多問題。

  A lot of problems exist between us.

• 道門突然之間砰一聲閂埋咗。

  All of a sudden, the door shut with a bang.

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• 我見到有個男人喺兩棵樹之間。

  I see a man between the trees.

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• 我哋之間嘅相似之處多過不同之處。

  There are more similarities than differences between us.

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• 阿湯發誓話無泄漏我等之間嘅秘密喎。

  Tom swore he didn't tell anyone our secret.

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• 每個表演項目之間都夾住一段休息時間。

  There is a break between each of the performances.

• 佢係英國人，所以對英式用法同美式用法之間嘅分別特別敏感。

  As an Englishman, he is particularly sensitive to the differences between English and American usage.

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