开间

Traditional form:

開間

Pinyin (reading):

kāijiān

Definitions:

• unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺 (chǐ)
• width of a room
• (architecture) bay

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 间 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 間 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality