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

HSK 5
Tóngshì xiānghù zhījiān yīnggāi duō gōutōng.
Coworkers should communicate more with each other.
HSK 6
Liǎng ge guójiā xiānghù zhījiān 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 ('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 ('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