长
Traditional 長
Meanings
- long
- (bound form) length
- (bound form) strong point; forte
- (bound form) to be good at
- (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- chief
- head
- elder
- to grow
- to develop
- to increase
- to enhance
Its parts
A radical: dictionaries file characters under it.
In sentences
要多长时间?要多長時間?How long would it take? #5780621
他长得高吗?他長得高嗎?Is he tall? #8866914
我要花很长时间。我要花很長時間。It'll take a long time. #5691275
他等了很长时间。他等了很長時間。He was waiting a long time. #10983092
我来了好长时间了。我來了好長時間了。I've been here for a while. #374887
我等她好长时间了。我等她好長時間了。I waited for her a long time. #2318412
Words with 长
- 增长 to grow; to increase
- 长江 Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- 市长 mayor
- 长期 long-term; for a protracted period
- 生长 to grow
- 院长 the head of an institution whose name…
- 秘书长 secretary-general
- 部长 head of a (government etc) department
- 成长 to mature
- 长安 Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1…
- 委员长 head of a committee
- 省长 governor of a province
In other characters
Gives the sound in
张 zhāng帐 zhàng账 zhàng胀 zhàng苌 cháng怅 chàng枨 chéng伥 chāng粻 zhāng𬬮 chǎng韔 chàng鼚 chāng