長 (cháng)
long; length
How 長 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Traditional
- 長
- Simplified
- 长
長 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- cháng
- length; long; forever; always
- zhǎng
- chief; head; elder; to grow
Common words using 長
- 增長 zēngzhǎng
- to grow; to increase
- 家長 jiāzhǎng
- head of a household; family head; patriarch
- 成長 chéngzhǎng
- to mature; to grow; growth
- 漫長 màncháng
- very long; endless
- 長大 zhǎngdà
- to grow up
- 長期 chángqī
- long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)
- 長沙 chángshā
- Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
- 長相 zhǎngxiàng
- appearance; looks; profile
- 修長 xiūcháng
- slender; lanky; tall and thin
- 全長 quáncháng
- overall length; span
- 冗長 rǒngcháng
- long and tedious; redundant; superfluous
- 副市長 fùshìzhǎng
- deputy mayor
長 in a sentence
這條褲子太長了。
Zhè tiáo kùzi tài cháng le.
“This pair of pants is too long.”
How common is 長?
長 is the 109th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 43.4% of all running text.
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