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cháng

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cháng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cháng | chang2
English translation
length
long
forever
always
constantly
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǎng | zhang3
English translation
chief
head
elder
to grow
to develop
to increase
to enhance
long, lasting; to excel in

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About cháng

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

zhǎng

Contains the radical

cháng

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

Simplified form of  zhǎng ; an old man with long hair and a cane

Etymology of cháng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿻?

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with long hair. The simplified character cháng was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character zhǎng .

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Example sentences using cháng

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摄影记者 shè yǐng jì zhě men de 长短 cháng duǎn 火炮 huǒ pào de 镜头 jìngtóu yǒng zhāo 我们 wǒmen dōu 圈圈 quān quan 照相 zhào xiàng .

Photographers from the press would crowd around us to take pictures.

帕森斯夸口 kuā kǒu shuì , Shàn shì 胜利 shènglì 大厦 dàshà ,挂出 de 旗子 qí zi jiù yǒu 四百那么 nà me cháng .

Parsons boasted that Victory Mansions alone would display four hundred metres of bunting.

神仙 shénxiān Jiào de 魔法 mó fǎ 使 shǐ 灰姑娘 Huī gū niang de 破烂 pò làn 衣衫 yī shān 变成 biàn chéng le jiàn 漂亮 piàoliang de cháng 外衣 wài yī .

The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.

现在 xiànzài shuì 局长 jú zhǎng diū le ,改做公债 gōng zhài , 自然 zìrán 主张 zhǔzhāng yòu 不同 bù tóng le .

Now that I'm a stock - jobber, naturally my likes and dislikes have changed.

可以 kěyǐ 计算 jìsuàn zài 不同 bù tóng 条件 tiáojiàn xià de yún 增长率 zēng zhǎng lǜ .

The rate of droplet growth under different conditions can be evaluated.

Words with cháng

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character cháng in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cháng chief zhǎng
长官 zhǎng guān senior official長官
增长 zēng zhǎng to grow增長
长期 cháng qī long term長期
成长 chéngzhǎng to mature成長
队长 duì zhǎng captain隊長
家长 jiā zhǎng family head家長
长大 zhǎng dà to grow up長大
市长 shì zhǎng mayor市長
局长 jú zhǎng bureau chief局長
船长 chuán zhǎng skipper船長
校长 xiàozhǎng headmaster校長
擅长 shàncháng to be good at擅長
生长 shēngzhǎng to grow生長
部长 bù zhǎng section chief部長
董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng chairman董事長
会长 huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc會長
探长 tàn zhǎng (police) detective探長
延长 Yáncháng to prolong延長
漫长 màncháng very long漫長
长江 ChángJiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang長江
长久 cháng jiǔ (for a) long time長久
院长 yuàn zhǎng chair of a board院長
长沙 Cháng shā Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China長沙

cháng Decomposition & Compounds

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cháng Compounds

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