间隔 jiàngé▶ intervalo

Stroke order

间隔 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 间 — 7 strokes
• 隔 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. gap
2. interval
3. compartment
4. to divide
5. to separate
6. to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)

Related words

• 人间Mundo humano
• 民间no gubernamental
• 瞬间momento
• 间接indirecto
• 间谍espionaje
• 隔离cuarentena

间隔 is pronounced jiàngé and means “intervalo”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 间隔 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.