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漫长

漫长 màncháng

漫长 màncháng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 漫长 màncháng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
màncháng | man4 chang2
English translation
very long
endless

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Traditional form

漫長

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 漫长 màncháng

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màn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and màn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

màn

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵曼

Number of Strokes

14
cháng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⿻?

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 漫长 màncháng

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zhè jiù 使得 shǐ de 圣诞节 Shèng dàn jié qián 原本 yuán běn 漫长 màncháng de dōng yuè 显得 xiǎnde 更加 gèng jiā 令人 lìng rén nán āo le .

It made the already long winter months until Christmas seem even longer.

这部自传体 de 宏篇巨制 shì 漫长 màncháng 事业 shìyè 生涯 shēng yá de 必然 bìrán 成果 chéngguǒ .

This massive autobiographical work was the logical culmination of her long career.

我们 wǒmen hěn 愿意 yuànyì 踏上 tà shàng 如此 rú cǐ 漫长 màncháng 艰辛 jiān xīn de 回家 huí jiā 之路

We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.

库克 Kù kè 先生 Xiānsheng 漫长 màncháng 旅程 lǚ chéng Zhōng de 最后 zuìhòu 一站 shì 巴黎 Bā lí

The last stop in Mr Cook's lengthy tour was Paris.

虽然 suīrán 旅途 lǚ tú 漫长 màncháng 孤独 gūdú 图马罗还是 háishi 继续 jìxù 前行 qián xíng

Although the journey was a long and lonely one, Tumalo pushed on.

漫长 màncháng Decomposition

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漫长 màncháng Compounds

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