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 人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 种族 種族 zhǒng zú race / ethnicity syn 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 赛跑 賽跑 sài pǎo race (running) / to race (running) 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 人种 人種 rén zhǒng race (of people) syn 赛道 賽道 sài dào race course 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running / the start of a race syn 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 空格 kòng gé blank / blank space on a form / space / 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character) 接力赛 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race / CL:場|场[chang3] 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 短跑 duǎn pǎo sprint (race) syn 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 占地 zhàn dì to take up space / to occupy (space) 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 灭种 滅種 miè zhǒng to commit genocide / to become extinct / extinction of a race syn 拉力赛 拉力賽 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword) 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán hurdles / hurdle race (athletics) 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 领跑 領跑 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace 马拉松赛 馬拉松賽 mǎ lā sōng sài marathon race 环法 環法 huán fǎ Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛 原种 原種 yuán zhǒng land race / native breed 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 赛龙舟 賽龍舟 sài lóng zhōu to race dragon boats 棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 黄种 黃種 huáng zhǒng the yellow race / the Mongoloid race 追逐赛 追逐賽 zhuī zhú sài pursuit race / chase 白种 白種 bái zhǒng the white race 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 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 