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Zhāng

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Zhāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Zhāng | Zhang1
English translation
surname Zhang
to open up
to spread
sheet of paper
classifier for flat objects, sheet
classifier for votes
to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper

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About Zhāng

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

zhāng

Contains the radical

gōng

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

bow

Etymology of Zhāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

弓长

Semantic compound

gōng

Phonetic compound

cháng

Explanation

Simplified form of zhāng . Phonosemantic compound. gōng represents the meaning and zhǎng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using Zhāng

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相当 xiāngdāng 克制 kèzhì 自己 zìjǐ ,声张 shēng zhāng de fēn le shǒu .

He was so moderate as to leave her without noise.

南希 Nán xī 走近 zǒu jìn , shè le 地上 dì shang Zhāng shí Yuán 纸币 zhǐ bì .

Nancy to me and a ten - yuan on the.

克罗伊 dūn 公爵 gōng jué 仔细 zǐxì 察看 chá kàn zhāo Zhāng tān kāi de āi Suǒ 公路 gōng lù .

The Duke of Croydon proed over an opened Esso road map.

以后 yǐ hòu , shuí 不准 bù zhǔn 提到 tí dào zhè Zhāng 纸条 zhǐ tiáo de 事情 shìqing .

From now on no one is to mention that slip of paper.

tān kāi 那张 zhòu Chéng tuán de zhǐ dòu le 起来 qǐlai .

He smoothed out the ball of crushed paper and read it.

Words with Zhāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Zhāng to open up zhāng
紧张 jǐnzhāng nervous緊張
扩张 kuòzhāng expansion擴張
主张 zhǔzhāng to advocate主張
夸张 kuāzhāng to exaggerate誇張
张开 zhāng kāi to open up張開
开张 kāi zhāng to open a business開張
张扬 Zhāng Yáng to make public張揚
张力 zhāng lì tension張力
嚣张 xiāo zhāng rampant囂張
张艺谋 Zhāng Yì móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director張藝謀
张贴 zhāng tiē to advertise張貼
纸张 zhǐ zhāng paper紙張
慌张 huāngzhāng confused慌張
伸张 shēn zhāng to promote伸張
虚张声势 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado虛張聲勢
张嘴 zhāng zuǐ to gape張嘴
张口 zhāng kǒu to gape張口
张望 zhāng wàng to look around張望
张柏芝 Zhāng Bó zhī Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer張柏芝
自作主张 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative自作主張
张爱玲 Zhāng Aì líng Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist張愛玲
张怡宁 Zhāng Yí níng Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist張怡寧
大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare大張旗鼓
张学友 Zhāng Xué yǒu Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star張學友

Zhāng Decomposition & Compounds

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Zhāng Decomposition

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Zhāng Compounds

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