zhǎng cháng

long; length; excel in; leader

HSK 2 #109

DEFINITIONS

长 zhǎng
  • chief
  • head
  • elder
  • to grow
  • to develop
  • to increase
  • to enhance
长 cháng
  • length
  • long
  • forever
  • always
  • constantly

STROKES

长 stroke order diagram
长 stroke order animation

WORDS

久 cháng jiǔ (for a) long time
说来话 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
相 zhǎng xiàng appearance; looks; profile; countenance
huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc
zēng zhǎng to grow; to increase
yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China; CL:個|个[ge4]
jī zhǎng captain; chief pilot
qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people); tribal chief; used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
话短说 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom)
老 zhǎng lǎo elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk
jiàn zhǎng commander; captain (of a warship)
nián zhǎng senior
岛 cháng dǎo Changdao county in Yantai 煙台|烟台[Yan1 tai2], Shandong
shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc)
发 cháng fà long hair
度 cháng dù length
bān zhǎng class monitor; squad leader; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
zhèn zhǎng town headman; mayor (of small town or village); bailiff
袍 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown; robe; CL:件[jian4]
yì zhǎng chairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker
cūn zhǎng village chief; village head
远 cháng yuǎn long-term; long-range
椅 cháng yǐ bench
成 zhǎng chéng to grow up
shǒu zhǎng senior official