長

zhàng
  1. (archaic) length; measure of length
  2. length; measure of length

Wiktionary

Homographs

长 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
长 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance

Examples

它太长了。

It's too long.

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这个太长了。

This is too long.

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他有长头髮。

He has long hair.

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你长这麽大了!

You've grown so much!

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苹果长在树上。

Apples grow on trees.

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他留长头髮吗？

Does he have long hair?

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那个长30米。

That is 30 metres long.

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长头髮落伍了。

Long hair is out of fashion.

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吃一堑，长一智。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

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这根黄瓜好长啊！

This cucumber is very long!

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白天越来越长了。

Days are getting longer.

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你的头髮太长了。

Your hair is too long.

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但愿我长高一点。

I wish I were a little taller.

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树不会长在草原上。

Trees do not grow on prairies.

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这隻狗长的像匹马。

This is a dog resembling a horse.

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他等了很长的时间。

He was waiting for a long time.

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她的头髮长而美丽。

Her hair is long and beautiful.

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十年是很长的时间。

Ten years is a long time.

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长着鬍子的是汤姆。

The guy with a beard is Tom.

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她的头髮长回来了。

Her hair grew back.

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Containing this entry

田长霖 Tián Chánglín Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997
兰郑长管道 Lán Zhèng Chángguǎndào Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
谢长廷 Xiè Chángtíng Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005
道长 Dào Zhǎng
  1. Taoist priest
  2. Daoist priest
长垣 Chángyuán see 长垣市 Chángyuán Shì
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