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每间 (měi jiān) — every room; each room

Definition

每间 is 每 ('every') combined with the room-classifier 间, so it functions as a pronoun meaning 'every/each room' — used in place of a noun phrase, not as a standalone noun.

pronoun
every roomeach room

Examples

  • 每间。
    měi jiān Fáng jiān dōu yǒu kōng tiáo.
    Every room has air conditioning.
  • ，每间。
    Zhè dòng lóu lǐ, měi jiān dōu zhù mǎn le.
    In this building, every room is fully occupied.
  • 每间。
    měi jiān De miàn jī dōu chà bu duō.
    The size of each room is about the same.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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