ㄓㄤ ˇ

zhǎng

long

長 is an 8 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zhǎng in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as cháng.

In simplified Chinese the character 长 is used.

  • 長
    ㄓㄤ ˇ

    zhǎng

    long

    • ?

      • ?

        • 彐
          ㄐㄧ ˋ

          jì

          snout

      • 一
        ㄧ

        yī

        one

    • ?

      • ㇟

      • ?

        • 冫
          ㄅㄧㄥ

          bīng

          ice

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When I tea[ch on g]laciers, first I look [up] at the striped flag planted in the ice.
by vms5q

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there aren't really any long lines in chang but there are a lot shout ones
by JakieBrock

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 長

cháng
zhǎng

Definitions for 長 pronounced as cháng

  • length
  • long
  • forever
  • always
  • constantly

Definitions for 長 pronounced as zhǎng

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

Vocabulary

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