相互之间

相互之間
xiānghùzhījiān
phrase #37,277

Meanings

  1. 1 between each other
  2. 2 among one another
  3. 3 mutual

Examples

Tóngshì xiānghùzhījiān yīnggāi duō gōutōng.
Coworkers should communicate more with each other.
Liǎng ge guójiā xiānghùzhījiān màoyì wǎnglái pínfán.
The two countries have frequent trade exchanges between each other.

Tips

grammar
Sits as a prepositional phrase between subject and verb: [group] + 相互之间 + [verb]. Slightly redundant in spoken Chinese — 相互 (xiānghù, 'mutually') alone usually does the job. The full 相互之间 is preferred in formal writing where the 'between'-ness needs to be explicit.
usage
Compare 相互之间 (between members of a group) with 互相 (hùxiāng, 'each other,' adverb modifying the verb): 我们互相帮助 (we help each other) vs 我们相互之间竞争 (there's competition between us). Same root but different syntactic slots.

Stroke Order

xiāng
zhī
jiān