Definition
一间间 is a reduplicated form of the measure word 间 (jiān, used for rooms) with the number 一. It means 'every room' or 'room by room', emphasizing that something applies to each individual room in a series. You can use it as a modifier before a noun (一间间教室 'every classroom') or as an adverb with 地 (一间间地检查 'check room by room'). The tone of 一 changes to yì before the first 间 (first tone).
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every roomeach and every roomroom by roomone room after another
Examples
- 一间间。Tāmen cānguān le yī jiān jiàoshì.They visited every classroom.
- 一间间。Tā yī jiān de jiǎnchá le suǒyǒu de fángjiān.He checked all the rooms one by one.
- 一间间。Zhè dòng lóu yǒu yī jiān bàngōngshì.This building has rows of offices (office after office).
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