• Pinyin: cháng
  English Definition: length; long; forever; always; constantly
  Chinese Definition:
  ①两端的距离：长度。
  ②长度大，与“短”相对，指空间，亦指时间：长短。长空。长短句(词的别名)。长夜(ａ．漫长的黑夜；b．喻黑暗的日子)。长风破浪(喻志趣远大)。长歌代哭(以歌代哭)。
  ③优点，专精的技能：特长。专长。各有所长。
  ④对某事做得特别好：他长于写作。
  ⑤少幼消短。
  Example Words:

  长期	cháng qī	long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)
  长江	cháng jiāng	Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang	HSK 4
  长远	cháng yuǎn	long-term; long-range	HSK 3
  长沙	cháng shā	Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
  长城	cháng chéng	the Great Wall	HSK 4

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• Pinyin: zhǎng
  English Definition: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
  Chinese Definition:
  ①生长；成长。［合］长俊(长进；进步)；长成(长大成人)；长立(长大自立)；长牙；长毛；长肉；长胖。
  ②抚育；使……成长。［合］长养(抚育培养)；长育(养育)。
  ③滋长，助长，增长。［合］长托(滋补身体)；长美(增长美德)；长傲(滋长傲气)；长益(促进，增益)；长消(消长，盛衰)；长知识；此风不可长。
  ④崇尚。
  ⑤做长官；为首领。
  ⑥升高(多指水位或物价)。后作“涨”。［合］长成(小孩长得高)；长价；水长船高。
  Example Words:

  增长	zēng zhǎng	to grow; to increase
  校长	xiào zhǎng	(college, university) president; headmaster; Classifiers: 个	HSK 3
  成长	chéng zhǎng	to mature; to grow; growth	HSK 5
  家长	jiā zhǎng	head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child	HSK 3
  生长	shēng zhǎng	to grow	HSK 5

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