间 (jiān): Chinese measure word
How to use 间 (jiān), the Chinese measure word for rooms: example nouns with pinyin, sentences and common mistakes.
Last updated 2026-10-30
间
jiān
rooms
What it's used for
间 (jiān) counts rooms: bedrooms, classrooms, offices, hotel rooms. It's also used for small shops: 一间小店.
Common nouns with 间
- 一间房间 yì jiān fáng jiān room
- 一间教室 yì jiān jiào shì classroom
- 一间课堂 yì jiān kè táng classroom
- 一间办公室 yì jiān bàn gōng shì office
- 一间屋子 yì jiān wū zi house
- 一间实验室 yì jiān shí yàn shì laboratory
- 一间卫生间 yì jiān wèi shēng jiān bathroom
- 一间餐厅 yì jiān cān tīng dining hall
- 一间厨房 yì jiān chú fáng kitchen
- 一间客厅 yì jiān kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests)
- 一间宿舍 yì jiān sù shè dormitory
- 一间卧室 yì jiān wò shì bedroom
- 一间阅览室 yì jiān yuè lǎn shì reading room
- 一间病房 yì jiān bìng fáng ward (of a hospital)
- 一间厕所 yì jiān cè suǒ toilet
- 一间教堂 yì jiān jiào táng church
Example sentences
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这套房子有三间卧室。
Zhè tào fáng zi yǒu sān jiān wò shì.
This apartment has three bedrooms.
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我想订一间单人房。
Wǒ xiǎng dìng yì jiān dān rén fáng.
I'd like to book a single room.
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这间教室很大。
Zhè jiān jiào shì hěn dà.
This classroom is big.
Common mistake
Don't confuse it with 件 (<em>jiàn</em>), which counts clothes and matters.
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