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
Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan; Nagano (name)
after a long time (idiom)
fig. economy will get you a long way
long sigh; deep sigh
stone beam; horizontal slab of stone
novel
not having any special skill; without any qualifications
middle distance race
a long time
foreign minister; minister of foreign affairs
factory director
prolonged; long and continuous (coastline, sound etc)
person in charge of a (section or department); head
to die; to depart from the world forever
lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
(old) high-class prostitute
how well a crop (or plant) is growing; growth
to sigh again and again; to moan and groan
Chang’an; ancient name of Xi’an
Changquan - Northern Shaolin (北少林) - Longfist - Martial Art
Changle county level city in Fuzhou fú zhōu, Fujian
longwave (radio)
(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan bái shān, Jilin
(coll.) snake