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长

cháng · chang/zhǎng · zhang

Traditional 長

HSK 2

Meaning

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cháng 長

  1. length
  2. long
  3. forever
  4. always
  5. constantly

zhǎng 長

  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
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The Great Wall

  1. Leon

    长城(chángchéng)真(zhēn)长(cháng)啊(a)！

    The Great Wall is so long!

  2. Liangliang

    对(duì)，有(yǒu)两万(liǎngwàn)多(duō)公里(gōnglǐ)长(cháng)。

    Yes, it's over twenty thousand kilometers long.

  3. Leon

    走完(zǒuwán)要(yào)多(duō)长(cháng)时间(shíjiān)？

    How long would it take to walk all of it?

  4. Dengdeng

    走完(zǒuwán)？要(yào)走(zǒu)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)年(nián)。

    All of it? Several years.

  5. Leon

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)只(zhǐ)走(zǒu)一(yī)小(xiǎo)段(duàn)吧(ba)。

    Then let's walk just a short section.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，一(yī)小(xiǎo)段(duàn)也(yě)要(yào)三(sān)个(gè)小时(xiǎoshí)，路(lù)很(hěn)长(cháng)。

    Okay, even a short section takes three hours. The road is long.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)条(tiáo)河(hé)很(hěn)长(cháng)，一(yì)直(zhí)流(liú)到(dào)大(dà)海(hǎi)。

This river is very long, flowing all the way to the sea.

02

孩(hái)子(zi)长(zhǎng)得(de)真(zhēn)快(kuài)，一(yì)年(nián)就(jiù)高(gāo)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)。

Children grow so fast; in one year they get much taller.

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