Word: 长 (zhǎng)

他们要求减少工作时长。

Tāmen yāoqiú jiǎnshǎo gōngzuò shí cháng.

They demand a reduction in working hours.

他当老师的时间不太长。

Tā dāng lǎoshī de shíjiān bú tài cháng.

He hasn't been a teacher for long.

他有长头发。

Tā yǒu zhǎng tóufa.

He has long hair.

他留长头发吗？

Tā liú zhǎng tóufa ma?

Does he have long hair?

他的头发很长。

Tā de tóufa hěn cháng.

He wears his hair long.

他的头发留得很长。

Tā de tóufa liú de hěn zhǎng.

He wears his hair long.

他的腿很长。

Tā de tuǐ hěn cháng.

He has long legs.

他等了很长时间。

Tā děng le hěn cháng shíjiān.

He was waiting a long time.

他等了很长的时间。

Tā děng le hěn cháng de shíjiān.

He was waiting for a long time.

他给我们讲了一个很长的故事。

Tā gěi wǒmen jiǎngle yí gè hěn cháng de gùshi.

He told us a long story.

他长得很像他爸爸。

Tā zhǎng de hěn xiàng tā bàba.

He really looks like his dad.

他长得很帅。

Tā zhǎng de hěn Shuài.

He's very handsome.

他长得高吗？

Tā zhǎng de gāo ma?

Is he tall?

你为什么长不大呢？

Nǐ wèishénme zhǎng bú dà ne?

Why don't you grow up?

你会待多长时间？

Nǐ huì dài duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will you be staying?

你写这份报告花了多长时间？

Nǐ xiě zhè fèn bàogào huāle duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did it take you to write this report?

你在这家公司工作了多长时间了？

Nǐ zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuòle duō cháng shíjiān le?

How long have you been working at this company?

你每天工作多长时间？

Nǐ měitiān gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān?

How long do you work for each day?

你的头发太长了。

Nǐ de tóufa tài chángle.

Your hair is too long.

你等了多长时间?

Nǐ děng le duō cháng shíjiān?

How long did you wait?

你等了多长时间了?

Nǐ děng le duō cháng shíjiān le?

How long have you been waiting?

十年是很长的时间。

Shínián shì hěn cháng de shíjiān.

Ten years is a long time.

处理这件事要很长时间。

Chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì yào hěn cháng shíjiān.

It will take a long time to deal with this.

多长时间都没关系。

Duō cháng shíjiān dōu méiguānxi.

It doesn't matter how long it takes.

女人往往比男人活得更长。

Nǚrén wǎngwǎng bǐ nánrén huó de gèng cháng.

Women tend to live longer than men.

她很长时间没见过他。

Tā hěn cháng shíjiān méi jiànguò tā.

She has not seen him for a long time.

她的头发长回来了。

Tā de tóufa zhǎng huílaile.

Her hair grew back.

她的头发长而美丽。

Tā de tóufa zhǎng ér měilì.

Her hair is long and beautiful.

她长得像她姑姑。

Tā zhǎng de xiàng tā gūgu.

She resembles her aunt.

她长得很像妈妈。

Tā zhǎng de hěn xiàng māma.

She closely resembles her mother.

她长得很高。

Tā zhǎng de hěn gāo.

She has grown very tall.

她长得比较结实。

Tā zhǎng de bǐjiào jiēshi.

She's grown quite strong.

她长高了五公分。

Tā zhǎng gāole wǔ gōngfēn.

She's grown five centimetres taller.

它不会花很长的时间。

Tā búhuì huā hěn cháng de shíjiān.

It won't take so long.

完成这个工作不会花太长时间。

Wánchéng zhège gōngzuò búhuì huā tài cháng shíjiān.

It won't take long to finish the job.

寄到这里需要多长时间？

Jì dào zhèlǐ xūyào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long will it take to post here?

已经很长一段时间了。

Yǐjīng hěn cháng yíduàn shíjiān le.

It's been a long time.

已经过了很长时间了。

Yǐjīng guò le hěn cháng shíjiān le.

It's been a long time.

广东的夏天很长。

Guǎngdōng de xiàtiān hěn cháng.

Guangdong summers are long.

成为医生的路还很长。

Chéngwéi yìshēng de lù hái hěn cháng.

I'm still miles off becoming a doctor.

我不习惯走很长的路。

Wǒ bù xíguàn zǒu hěn cháng de lù.

I'm not used to walking long distances.

我不确定那座桥到底有多长。

Wǒ bú quèdìng nà zuò qiáo dàodǐ yǒu duō cháng.

I don't know the exact length of this bridge.

我们不能在这里待很长时间。

Wǒmen bùnéng zài zhèlǐ dài hěn cháng shíjiān.

We can't stay in here very long.

我在这里很长一段时间了。

Wǒ zài zhèlǐ hěn cháng yíduàn shíjiān le.

I've been here a long time.

我在这里很长时间了。

Wǒ zài zhèlǐ hěn cháng shíjiān le.

I've been here for a very long time.

我来了好长时间了。

Wǒ láile hǎo cháng shíjiān le.

I've been here for a while.

我的头发已经很长了。

Wǒ de tóufa yǐjīng hěn chángle.

My hair is already very long.

我真的等了她很长一段时间。

Wǒ zhēnde děng le tā hěn cháng yíduàn shíjiān.

I waited for her for a really long time.

我知道眼睛为什么长在前面吗？

Wǒ zhīdào yǎnjing wèishénme zhǎng zài qiánmiàn ma?

Do I know why eyes are on the front?

我等她好长时间了。

Wǒ děng tā hǎo cháng shíjiān le.

I waited for her a long time.

我要花很长时间。

Wǒ yào huā hěn cháng shíjiān.

It'll take a long time.

我长了痘痘。

Wǒ zhǎngle dòudòu.

I've got a spot. (lit. I've grown a spot.)

时间长了，我就无聊了。

Shíjiān zhǎngle, wǒ jiù wúliáole.

After a long time, I got bored.

最大的鹰的翅膀展开长达一米半。

Zuì dà de yīng de chìbǎng zhǎnkāi cháng dá yì mǐ bàn.

The largest eagles have a wingspan of one and a half meters.

有些人永远也长不大。

Yǒuxiē rén yǒngyuǎn yě zhǎng bú dà.

Some people never grow up.

树不会长在草原上。

Shù búhuì zhǎng zài cǎoyuán shàng.

Trees do not grow on prairies.

树长叶子了。

Shù zhǎng yèzi le.

The tree has grown leaves.

没人知道那机器长什么样子。

Méi rén zhīdào nà jīqì zhǎng shénme yàngzi.

Nobody knew what the machine was like.

流行歌一般都不长。

Liúxíng gē yìbān dōu bù zhǎng.

Pop songs are usually not very long.

生命不长，它是宽的！

Shēngmìng bù zhǎng, tā shì kuān de!

Life is not long, it is wide!

生活是一条很长、很长的道路。

Shēnghuó shì yītiáo hěn cháng, hěn cháng de dàolù.

Life is a long, long road.

草已长了根。

Cǎo yǐ zhǎngle gēn.

The grass has grown roots.

要多长时间？

Yào duō cháng shíjiān?

How long would it take?

过了多长时间？

Guò le duō cháng shíjiān?

How much time has passed?

这个土壤似乎长不出任何东西来。

Zhège tǔrǎng sìhū zhǎng bù chū rènhé dōngxi lái.

Nothing seems to grow in this soil.

这个太长了。

Zhège tài chángle.

This is too long.

这些人里面有些长得很像。

Zhèxiē rén lǐmiàn yǒuxiē zhǎng de hěn xiàng.

Some of these people look really similar to each other.

这是世界上最长的大桥。

Zhè shì shìjiè shàng zuì cháng de Dàqiáo.

This is longer than any other bridge in the world.

这篇文章不太长。

Zhè piān wénzhāng bú tài cháng.

This article is not very long.

这部电影太长了。

Zhè bú diànyǐng tài chángle.

This film is too long.

那个长30米。

Nàge zhǎng sānshí mǐ.

That is 30 metres long.

那些树长得太高了。

Nèixiē shù zhǎng de tài gāole.

Those trees have grown too tall.

那座桥不长。

Nà zuò qiáo bù zhǎng.

That bridge isn't long.

那条河流很长。

Nà tiáo héliú hěn cháng.

That river is long.

那条河长300公里。

Nà tiáo hé zhǎng sānbǎi gōnglǐ.

The river is 300 kilometers in length.

钱不会从树上长出来。

Qián búhuì cóng shù shàng zhǎng chūlái.

Money does not grow on trees.

长发现在过时了。

Cháng fàxiàn zài guò shí le.

Long hair is out of fashion now.

长城和长江都很长。

Chángchéng hé Cháng Jiāng dōu hěn cháng.

The Great Wall and the Yangtze River are both very long.