空间

空間

kōngjiān

noun HSK 4 #1,780

Meanings

这个房间的空间太小了。

Zhège fángjiān de kōngjiān tài xiǎo le.

The space in this room is too small.

我需要更多的个人空间。

Wǒ xūyào gèngduō de gèrén kōngjiān.

I need more personal space.

宇宙是无限的空间。

Yǔzhòu shì wúxiàn de kōngjiān.

The universe is infinite space.

usage

空间 is used both physically (房间空间, room space) and abstractly (发展空间, room for development; 想象空间, room for imagination). In tech: 存储空间 (storage space).

culture

QQ空间 was one of China's earliest social media platforms — like an early Facebook wall. Many Chinese millennials have nostalgic memories of it.

空 kōng

间 jiān