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长 zhǎng

long (length)

Strokes
4
Level
HSK 2
Traditional
長
Type
Ideograph
Made of 一 ⿻？一

Memory hint: Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane

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  1. 这条河很长。
    Zhè tiáo hé hěn cháng.
    This river is very long.
    this (measure) river very long
  2. 你们学校的校长姓什么？
    Nǐmen xuéxiào de xiàozhǎng xìng shénme?
    What's your school principal's surname?
    your school (particle) principal surnamed what (question)
  3. 头发长了，去剪一下吧。
    Tóufa cháng le, qù jiǎn yíxià ba.
    Your hair has gotten long, go get it cut.
    hair long (particle), go cut a-bit (suggestion)
  4. 这段路不长。
    Zhè duàn lù bù cháng.
    This stretch of road isn't long.
    this (measure) road not long
  5. 长城很长，去年夏天我们去参观了。
    Chángchéng hěn cháng, qùnián xiàtiān wǒmen qù cānguān le.
    The Great Wall is very long; we visited it last summer.
    great-wall very long, last-year summer we go visit (particle)

Words with 长 (18)