長

zhǎng

long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168

Strokes: 8
Radical: 長
HSK: —
Tone: 3

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 长, the simplified form of 長. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

你长大了。
Nǐ zhǎng dà le
You've grown up.
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他是长子。
Tā shì zhǎng zǐ
He's the oldest son.
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说来话长。
Shuō lái huà cháng
It's a long story.
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我不想长大。
Wǒ bù xiǎng zhǎng dà
I don't want to grow up.
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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 长

长zhǎng 3chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
长大zhǎng dà 3–4 to grow up
家长jiā zhǎng 1–3 head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
队长duì zhǎng 4–3 captain; team leader
校长xiào zhǎng 4–3 (college, university) president; headmaster
市长shì zhǎng 4–3 mayor
院长yuàn zhǎng 4–3 the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China
班长bān zhǎng 1–3 class monitor; squad leader; team leader
组长zǔ zhǎng 3–3 → 2–3group leader
成长chéng zhǎng 2–3 to mature; to grow; growth
长期cháng qī 2–1 long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)
增长zēng zhǎng 1–3 to grow; to increase