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长 (Trad.: 長)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 2
Antonyms: 幼 短
Total strokes: 4; Radical: 長
Ideographic:Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane
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1
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HSK 4 cháng jiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
长远HSK 3 cháng yuǎn long-term; long-range
长沙 cháng shā Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
长城HSK 4 cháng chéng the Great Wall
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2
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HSK 3 xiào zhǎng (college, university) president; headmaster; Classifiers: 个
成长HSK 5 chéng zhǎng to mature; to grow; growth
家长HSK 3 jiā zhǎng head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
生长HSK 5 shēng zhǎng to grow
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Example Sentences
1
shàng xué
上学
de
的
lù
路
hěn cháng
很长
。
The way to school is very long.
2
wǒ
我
xiǎng
想
cháng gāo
长高
yì diǎn
一点
。
I want to grow taller.
3
zhè
这
tiáo
条
hé liú
河流
hěn cháng
很长
。
This river is very long.
4
wǒ
我
bù
不
shàn cháng
擅长
zuò cài
做菜
。
I am not good at cooking.
5
tā
她
zhǎng de
长得
nà yàng
那样
piào liang
漂亮
。
She is so pretty.
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