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
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
long life and wealth; wish you long life, riches
long-billed plover bird
long-billed dark-sided thrush
little spiderhunter bird
(bird species of China) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
large scimitar babbler bird
long-billed wren babbler bird
long-billed dowitcher, a shore bird
Zhao Yun's seven charges at Changban Slope
Changyuan county in Xinxiang xīn xiāng, Henan
Changyuan county in Xinxiang xīn xiāng, Henan
Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton xǐ lái dēng)
Changshou District, Chongqing
good prospects in the long term (finance)
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
lit. many nights under a harsh moon
older sister
Changzhi county in Changzhi cháng zhì, Shanxi
Zhangsun Wuji, Tang dynasty statesman
Chang'an District of Xi’an 西xī ān shì, Shaanxi
Chang'an University
Changning County in Yibin yí bīn, Sichuan
Changning district, central Shanghai
Changning county in Yibin yí bīn, Sichuan