zhǎng cháng

to grow; to develop; to increase

HSK 2 #109

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 109th character
Radical ⾧ (168.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 127
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

长 zhǎng
  1. 1. to grow
  2. 2. to develop
  3. 3. to increase
  4. 4. to enhance
  5. 5. elder
  6. 6. head
  7. 7. chief
长 cháng
  1. 1. long
  2. 2. length
  3. 3. always
  4. 4. constantly
  5. 5. forever

Stroke order

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Words containing 长

Word Meaning
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
Secretary for Security (Hong Kong)
isometry; (math.) distance-preserving correspondence
to sleep in the living room
Yuanchang, a township in Yunlin, Taiwan
Yuanchang Township, Yunlin, Taiwan
optical wavelength
warden
(level of) redundancy
to possess nothing except bare necessities
deputy governor (of a province or colony)
deputy mayor
vice-principal
vice-secretary
vice-chairman
assistant (government) minister
vice-president (of a university etc); deputy chair of board
packet size (computing)
northern long-tailed tit bird
every meeting ends; nothing lasts forever
semiaxis; radius
north-south distance
Nanchang district in Wuxi, Jiangsu
Nanchang District in Wuxi, Jiangsu
army Chief of Staff