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HSK 5
HSK 3
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)
排长
páizhǎng
platoon leader
营长
yíngzhǎng
battalion commander
厂长
chǎngzhǎng
factory director
成长
chéngzhǎng
to mature
教长
jiàozhǎng
dean
次长
cìzhǎng
deputy chief
消长
xiāozhǎng
to ebb and rise
滋长
zīzhǎng
to grow (usually of abstract things)
外长
wàizhǎng
foreign minister
庭长
tíngzhǎng
presiding judge
厅长
tīngzhǎng
head of provincial PRC government department
所长
suǒzhǎng
head of an institute etc
家长
jiāzhǎng
head of a household
校长
xiàozhǎng
(college, university) president
机长
jīzhǎng
captain
市长
shìzhǎng
mayor
师长
shīzhǎng
military division level commander
保长
bǎozhǎng
head of a bao in the Bao-Jia system [[保甲制度<bǎojiǎzhìdù>]]
增长
zēngzhǎng
to grow
学长
xuézhǎng
senior or older male schoolmate
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