间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 家政 jiā zhèng housekeeping syn 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 空格 kòng gé blank / blank space on a form / space / 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character) 占地 zhàn dì to take up space / to occupy (space) 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 地方 dì fang area / place / space / room / territory / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 空 kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time syn 宇宙 yǔ zhòu universe / cosmos / space syn 太空 tài kōng outer space syn 外星人 wài xīng rén space alien / extraterrestrial 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 空白 kòng bái blank space syn 场地 場地 chǎng dì space / site / place / sports pitch syn 拉开 拉開 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space syn 腾出 騰出 téng chū to make (some time or space) available (for sb) syn 填充 tián chōng to fill up / to stuff / to fill in a blank space syn 航天 háng tiān space flight 空间站 空間站 kōng jiān zhàn space station 版面 bǎn miàn page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout 海域 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space syn 宇航局 yǔ háng jú space agency syn 领空 領空 lǐng kōng territorial air space 狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 宇航 yǔ háng space flight syn 太空舱 太空艙 tài kōng cāng space capsule / ejection capsule (cabin) 航天飞机 航天飛機 háng tiān fēi jī space shuttle 空子 kòng zi gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole syn 太空站 tài kōng zhàn space station 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 暖炉 暖爐 nuǎn lú space heater / radiator 航天局 háng tiān jú space agency syn 眉心 méi xīn (the space) between the eyebrows syn 篇幅 piān fu length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page syn 天宫 天宮 tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program syn 展位 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area 舱位 艙位 cāng wèi shipping space / cabin berth / cabin seat 空格键 空格鍵 kòng gé jiàn space bar (keyboard) 充塞 chōng sè congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space syn 蜗居 蝸居 wō jū humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space) syn 省却 省卻 shěng què to save / to get rid of (so saving space) syn 留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free 天外 tiān wài beyond the earth / outer space 涌进 涌進 yǒng jìn to spill / to overflow (of water, crowds) / to crowd (into a space) 杨利伟 楊利偉 yáng lì wěi Yang Liwei (1965-), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space 外太空 wài tài kōng outer space 万顷 萬頃 wàn qǐng large landholding / vast space syn 发现号 發現號 fā xiàn háo the Discovery space shuttle 发现号 發現號 fā xiàn hào Space Shuttle Discovery 三维空间 三維空間 sān wéi kōng jiān three-dimensional space / 3D 空白点 空白點 kòng bái diǎn gap / empty space syn 美宇航局 měi yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA / abbr. for 美國宇航局|美国宇航局 野 yě field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral syn 膛 táng (bound form) hollow space syn 悠 yōu long or drawn out / remote in time or space / leisurely / to swing / pensive / worried syn 㝉 宁 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 空空荡荡 空空蕩蕩 kōng kōng dàng dàng absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum 加加林 jiā jiā lín Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space 卡纳维拉尔角 卡納維拉爾角 kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zhong1 xin1] 天梯 tiān tī stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator 中缝 中縫 zhōng fèng vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages / vertical line on the back of clothing syn 太空梭 tài kōng suō space shuttle 太空游 太空遊 tài kōng yóu space tourism 四维空间 四維空間 sì wéi kōng jiān four-dimensional space (math.) 补白 補白 bǔ bái to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine) 拜科努尔 拜科努爾 bài kē nǔ ěr Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan) 眳 míng space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes 恢恢有余 恢恢有餘 huī huī yǒu yú lit. to have an abundance of space / room to maneuver (idiom) 家政员 家政員 jiā zhèng yuán housekeeping staff 工程传感器 工程傳感器 housekeeping sensor / engineering sensor 良好的家务处理习惯 良好的家務處理習慣 good housekeeping practices 深空 shēn kōng deep space (outer space) 参量空间 參量空間 cān liàng kōng jiān moduli space (math.) / parameter space 外层空间事务厅 外層空間事務廳 United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs / Office for Outer Space Affairs 科工研组织空间科学应用处 科工研組織空間科學應用處 CSIRO Office for Space Science Applications / Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Office for Space Science Applications 外空条约 外空條約 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Outer Space Treaty 国际空间年空间机构论坛 國際空間年空間機構論壇 Space Agency Forum for the International Space Year 空对空遥感 空對空遙感 space-to-space remote-sensing 空间应用方桉 空間應用方案 United Nations Programme on Space Applications / Space Applications Programme 部门间空间研究和空间技术委员会 部門間空間研究和空間技術委員會 Interdepartmental Committee for Space Research and Space Technology 联合国基础空间科学讲习班 聯合國基礎空間科學講習班 United Nations Workshop on Basic Space Science / Workshop on Basic Space Science 向量空间 向量空間 xiàng liàng kōng jiān (math.) vector space / linear space 线性空间 線性空間 xiàn xìng kōng jiān (math.) vector space / linear space 阿尔坎塔拉 阿爾坎塔拉 ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain / Alcantara, Brazil space launch site 阿丽亚娜 阿麗亞娜 ā lì yà nà Ariane (name) / Ariane European space launch vehicle 咡 èr space between mouth and ears 国家宇航和太空署 國家宇航和太空署 guó jiā yǔ háng hé tài kōng shǔ National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA 哈伯太空望远镜 哈伯太空望遠鏡 hā bó tài kōng wàng yuǎn jìng Hubble Space Telescope 火星快车 火星快車 huǒ xīng kuài chē Mars Express, a European Space Agency spacecraft launched in 2003 空间探测 空間探測 kōng jiān tàn cè space exploration 邻域 鄰域 lín yù (math.) neighborhood (in a topological space) 美国国家航天航空局 美國國家航天航空局 měi guó guó jiā háng tiān háng kōng jú National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA 美国宇航局 美國宇航局 měi guó yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA 欧洲航天局 歐洲航天局 ōu zhōu háng tiān jú European Space Agency (ESA) 上同调 上同調 shàng tóng diào cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.) 