长

Traditional (Taiwan): 長

cháng ㄔㄤˊ

- verb to grow
- to develop
- to increase
- to enhance
- noun chief
  The head of something, as in 校长 (xiàozhǎng), a head teacher.
- head
- adjective elder

Practise writing 长this character

Trace 长, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

长 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 1 under 长. Look a character up by the 长 radical

长江 chángjiāng Yangtze River
长期 chángqī long-term
长安 cháng'ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安 xīān), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE
长老 zhǎnglǎo elder
长城 chángchéng Great Wall
长度 chángdù length
长大 zhǎngdà grow up
长官 zhǎngguān senior official
长方形 chángfāngxíng rectangle
长江流域 chángjiāngliúyù Changjiang or Yangtze river basin
长征 chángzhēng expedition
长篇小说 chángpiānxiǎoshuō novel

增长率 zēngzhǎnglǜ growth rate
田长霖 tiánchánglín Chang-lin Tien (1935–2002), Chinese-American professor, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
部长会议 bùzhǎnghuìyì minister level conference
扬长而去 yángcháng'érqù swagger off
万里长城 wànlǐchángchéng Great Wall
生长激素 shēngzhǎngjīsù growth hormone
三长两短 sānchángliǎngduǎn unexpected misfortune
从长计议 cóngchángjìyì consider at length
灵长类 língzhǎnglèi primate
生长素 shēngzhǎngsù auxin
扬长避短 yángchángbìduǎn foster strengths and avoid weaknesses
取长补短 qǔchángbǔduǎn lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points

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