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
Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
to spread malicious gossip
chief executive; magistrate
waterside promenade
word length effect
earnest, heartfelt words; sincere advice
lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese DPP politician
negative growth; economic recession
to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons
to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons
to seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks
Taoist priest; Daoist priest
minister level conference
minister level conference
ministerial level (e.g. negotiations)
minister level conference
village chief; mayor (of village or township)
Emirate; Sheikdom
neighborhood warden
silver-throated long-tailed tit bird
silver-faced long-tailed tit, a small bird
Yangtze River Delta; abbr. for cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu
Yangtze River Delta economic region in China
to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)