to grow (v.)
HSK 3
Traditional
長
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
涨 zhǎng - swell up; rise; be more than expected (v.) | HSK 5
Phonetically similar words
张 zhāng - to open up; to spread; [measure word for table, picture, paper etc] (clf.) | HSK 3
Examples
我想长出一头长发。 wǒ xiǎng zhǎng chū yītóu chángfà. - I want to grow long hair.
她有一条长长的尾巴。 tā yǒu yī tiáo chángcháng de wěiba. - She has a long tail.
这条路很长。 zhè tiáo lù hěn cháng. - This road is very long.
他长了好几公分。 tā zhǎngle hǎojǐ gōngfēn. - He has grown several centimeters.
这里有一排长长的树。 zhèlǐ yǒu yī pái chángcháng de shù. - There is a row of long trees here.
Phrases
校长 xiào zhǎng - head teacher; principal (n.) | HSK 3
长城 Cháng chéng - The Great Wall (n.) | HSK 4
长江 Cháng jiāng - Yangtze River (n.) | HSK 4
长途 cháng tú - long-distance (adj.) | HSK 5
成长 chéng zhǎng - to grow up (v.) | HSK 5
生长 shēng zhǎng - to grow (v.) | HSK 5
延长 yán cháng - lengthen; extend; prolong (v.) | HSK 5
长辈 zhǎng bèi - elder member of a family (n.) | HSK 5
拔苗助长 bá miáo zhù zhǎng - pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow () | HSK 6
董事长 dǒng shì zhǎng - chairman of the board (n.) | HSK 6
漫长 màn cháng - very long; endless (adj.) | HSK 6
擅长 shàn cháng - be good at; be expert in; be skilled in (v.) | HSK 6
特长 tè cháng - what one is skilled in; strong point; speciality (n.) | HSK 6
专长 zhuān cháng - speciality (n.) | HSK 6