长

cháng · chang/zhǎng · zhang

Traditional 長

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

cháng 長

  1. length
  2. long
  3. forever
  4. always
  5. constantly

zhǎng 長

  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)条(tiáo)河(hé)很(hěn)长(cháng),一(yì)直(zhí)流(liú)到(dào)大(dà)海(hǎi)。

This river is very long, flowing all the way to the sea.

02

孩(hái)子(zi)长(zhǎng)得(de)真(zhēn)快(kuài),一(yì)年(nián)就(jiù)高(gāo)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)。

Children grow so fast; in one year they get much taller.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

More words starting with CExplore words in context