间或 (jiān) — occasionally; sometimes

Definição

Written/formal adverb meaning 'occasionally, now and then' — much more literary than everyday 有时. Used in narrative or descriptive writing rather than conversation.

adverb
occasionallysometimes

Exemplos

  • 间或
    Tā jiān huì lái tú shū guǎn kàn shū.
    He occasionally comes to the library to read.
  • 间或
    Tā jiān tí qǐ nà duàn wǎng shì.
    She sometimes brings up that past memory.
  • 间或
    jiān Chuán lái de yīn yuè shēng dǎ pò le yè wǎn de níng jìng.
    The occasional music breaking through broke the quiet of the night.

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