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
growth rate
auxin (plant growth hormone)
Chang-lin Tien, Chinese American scholar
abbot
to be older than (you) by (humble)
Reeves's pheasant, a long-tailed bird
Elliot’s pheasant, a long-tailed bird
to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
short wavelength
(coll.) to play mahjong
(coll.) to play mahjong
good luck and long life
black-throated bushtit, a small songbird
economic growth
economic growth rate
president of the association
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord
head of imperial music section
to remain forever new (idiom)
remain fresh; last forever; eternal
Changjiang River; Yangtze River
Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012
blue-fronted robin, a small bird
Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline