空间 kōng jiān space; room(fig.) scope; leeway(astronomy) outer space(physics, math.) space Example sentences 他的房间东西很多，没什么空间了。 tā de fángjiān dōngxī hěn duō, méi shénme kōngjiān le. He has a lot of stuff in his room and he has no space 孩子长大了，都需要自己的私人空间。 háizi zhǎngdà le, dōu xūyào zìjǐ de sīrén kōngjiān. Children grow up, they need their own personal space