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空间

空間
kōngjiān
noun HSK 4 #1,780

Meanings

  1. 1 space
  2. 2 room

Examples

HSK 1
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.
HSK 3
我需要更多的个人空间。
Wǒ xūyào gèngduō de gèrén kōngjiān.
I need more personal space.
HSK 7-9
宇宙是无限的空间。
Yǔzhòu shì wúxiàn de kōngjiān.
The universe is infinite space.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

空 kōng
间 jiān