I've been sentence mining from Meteor Garden (2001) and I came across the sentence
别间大学的男生都土里土气的。
Can someone help me figure out what does '别间' mean in that sentence?
Thanks!
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It means "other", same as 别的 or 隔壁 but it's not standard Mandarin. It's likely a topolectal term transposed in Mandarin.– blackgreenCommented Sep 1, 2020 at 11:04
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@blackgreen Oh okay I understand, thank you for your help.– user26257Commented Sep 1, 2020 at 11:18
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same as "其他"， means "other"– BarCodeReaderCommented Sep 2, 2020 at 8:31
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Please see the answer here chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/41045/…– Tira2070Commented Sep 5, 2020 at 0:58
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Does this answer your question? Where does 别间 ("other") as in 别间大学 come from?– blackgreenCommented Sep 6, 2020 at 22:39
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3 Answers
别 means "not this", in other words, it means "other"
间 is a quantifier for 大学
You need to add a quantifier between 别 and 大学 because you need a quantifier when you count an object
You can also use
别的大学, 别所大学
to express similar meaning
In that particular sentence, it simply means "other".
别 - can have many meaning, when used differently, if it is used only as a single word, it means "dont" or "no", if it is combine with other words, it can have different meaning
间 - can also have many meaning when used differently, it cannot be used as a single word as it could have no meaning, but it can pair with other words to form sentences or meaningful words.
”别间大学的男生都土里土气的“的“间”
As wada rightly wrote, “间 is a quantifier for 大学”
You could write:
其他的大学的男生都土里土气的。
The male students at (all) other universities are all plebeians.
