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
endless mist
feature-length film
(old) footman; servant
immortality
to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom)
peanut; groundnut (slang)
tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
eldest son
end it quickly instead of dragging it out
Changbai Mountain on China–North Korea border
Heaven Lake on Changbai Mountain
Changbai Korean Autonomous County, Jilin
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan bái shān, Jilin
Changbai Town in Jilin
Sauvignon blanc (grape type)
to have eyes; (fig.) to look where one is going
to acquire knowledge
stocking
tall boots
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
long-grain rice variety
stockings
Presbyterianism
(bird species of China) long-eared owl (Asio otus)