长大

Character by character

• 长zhǎng4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 長long; length; excel in; leader
• 大dà3 strokesHSK 1big, great, vast, large, high

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Example sentences

• 你长大了。

  Nǐ zhǎng dà le

  You've grown up.

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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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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 长大. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 大dàHSK 1

  big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

• 大家dà jiāHSK 2

  everyone; influential family; great expert

• 长zhǎngHSK 2

  chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance

• 大学dà xuéHSK 1

  university; college

• 伟大wěi dàHSK 3

  huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)

• 巨大jù dàHSK 4

  huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous

• 大概dà gàiHSK 3

  roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea

• 重大zhòng dàHSK 3

  great; important; major; significant

• 大量dà liàngHSK 2

  great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous

• 强大qiáng dàHSK 3

  large; formidable; powerful; strong

• 大部分dà bù fenHSK 2

  in large part; the greater part; the majority

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 成长chéng zhǎngHSK 3

  to mature; to grow; growth

• 大约dà yuēHSK 3

  approximately; probably

• 大人dà renHSK 2

  adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors

• 大会dà huìHSK 4

  general assembly; general meeting; convention

• 家长jiā zhǎngHSK 2

  head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child

• 大赛dà sàiHSK 6

  grand contest

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 局长jú zhǎngHSK 5

  bureau chief

• 大型dà xíngHSK 4

  large; large-scale

• 队长duì zhǎngHSK 2

  captain; team leader

• 大师dà shīHSK 6

  great master; master

• 老大lǎo dàHSK 7

  old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang