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张
張
Zhāng
1. surname Zhang
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

张
zhāng
to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

张飞
ZhāngFēi
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
声张
shēngzhāng
to make public
张籍
ZhāngJí
Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
张震
ZhāngZhèn
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
紧张
jǐnzhāng
nervous
HSK 4
张岱
ZhāngDài
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
张望
zhāngwàng
to look around
张秋
ZhāngQiū
Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
张角
ZhāngJué
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
张开
zhāngkāi
to open up
扩张
kuòzhāng
expansion
HSK 6
纸张
zhǐzhāng
paper
开张
kāizhāng
to open a business
张店
Zhāngdiàn
Zhangdian district of Zibo city [[淄博市<Zībóshì>]], Shandong
张怡
Zhāngyí
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
张扬
zhāngyáng
to publicize
张溥
ZhāngPǔ
Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of [[複社|复社<fùshè>]] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions [[五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记<wǔrénmùbēijì>]]
张目
zhāngmù
to open one's eyes wide
张罗
zhāngluo
to take care of
张衡
ZhāngHéng
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician

Example Sentences (2)

请问，张先生在吗？
Qǐngwèn, Zhāng xiānsheng zài ma?
Excuse me, is Mr. Zhang there?
Text 1
听张先生说，您是坐飞机来北京的？
Tīng Zhāng xiānsheng shuō, nín shì zuò fēijī lái Běijīng de?
I heard from Mr. Zhang that you came to Beijing by plane?
Text 3

Alternate Entries

张
zhāng
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
317
Word Frequency Rank
760 of 84,292