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长
長
zhǎng
1.
chief
2.
head
3.
elder
4.
to grow
5.
to develop
6.
to increase
7.
to enhance
HSK 3
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
亭长
tíngzhǎng
ancient official title
保长
bǎozhǎng
head of a bao in the Bao-Jia system [[保甲制度<bǎojiǎzhìdù>]]
兄长
xiōngzhǎng
elder brother
助长
zhùzhǎng
to encourage
区长
qūzhǎng
district chief
司长
sīzhǎng
bureau chief
团长
tuánzhǎng
regimental command
增长
zēngzhǎng
to grow
外长
wàizhǎng
foreign minister
学长
xuézhǎng
senior or older male schoolmate
家长
jiāzhǎng
head of a household
尊长
zūnzhǎng
one's superior
局长
júzhǎng
bureau chief
州长
zhōuzhǎng
governor (of a province or colony)
市长
shìzhǎng
mayor
师长
shīzhǎng
military division level commander
年长
niánzhǎng
senior
店长
diànzhǎng
store manager
庭长
tíngzhǎng
presiding judge
厂长
chǎngzhǎng
factory director
Example Sentences (1)
就是我们班那个长着两个大眼睛，非常爱笑的女孩儿。
jiù shì wǒmen bān nà gè zhǎngzhe liǎng gè dà yǎnjing, fēicháng àixiào de nǚháir.
It’s that girl in our class with two big eyes who really loves to smile.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 108
- Word Frequency Rank
- 134 of 84,292