长 (長) zhǎng

1. zhǎng suffix director; chief; head; elder
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 部长 'department head' (Guoyu '長' zhǎng n 1-2; Kroll 2015 '長' zhǎng 3, p. 42; Unihan '長'; XHZD '长' zhǎng 5)
2. zhǎng verb to grow; to develop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 发育 (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長' zhǎng v 2; Kroll 2015 '長' zhǎng 1, p. 42; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 24; XHZD '长' zhǎng 1)
3. cháng adjective long
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: Wade-Giles: ch'ang; either long in dimension or long in time. For example, 源远流长 'source is distant and the flow is long' (CCI p. 23; Giles 1892 '長'; Kroll 2015 '長' cháng 1, p. 42; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 23; Unihan '長'; XHZD '长' cháng 2)
4. zhǎng noun Kangxi radical 168
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Chief (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '長' cháng n 5; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 23)
5. zhàng adjective extra; surplus; remainder
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '長' zhàng adj; Kroll 2015 '長' zhàng 1, p. 42; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 24)
6. cháng noun length; distance
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: In the sense of 长度 (Guoyu '長' cháng n 1; Kroll 2015 '長' cháng 1, p. 42; Unihan '長'; XHZD '长' cháng 1)
7. cháng adjective distant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: Synonymous with 遥远 in this sense (Guoyu '長' cháng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '長' cháng 1, p. 42)
8. cháng adjective tall
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: Synonymous with 高 in this sense (Guoyu '長' cháng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '長' cháng 1, p. 42)
9. cháng verb to be excellent; to be correct; to be good at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長' cháng v 1; Kroll 2015 '長' cháng 3, p. 42; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 23; XHZD '长' cháng 4)
10. zhàng verb to be powerful and prosperous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 强盛 (Guoyu '長' zhàng v; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 23)
11. cháng adjective deep
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 深厚 in this sense (Guoyu '長' cháng adj 1)
12. cháng noun good aspects; strong points
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 长处 in this sense; for example, the idiom 各有所长 'each has his own strong points' (Guoyu '長' cháng n 2; XHZD '长' cháng 3)
13. cháng proper noun Chang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '長' cháng n 4)
14. cháng adverb forever; eternal; always; permanent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 长久 or 永远 in this sense (Guoyu '長' cháng adj 2; Kroll 2015 '長' cháng 2, p. 42)
15. cháng adverb eternally
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '長' cháng adv 1)
16. cháng noun speciality
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 专精的技能; for example, 专长 'speciality' (Guoyu '長' cháng n 3)
17. zhǎng adjective old
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 老 (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長' zhǎng adj 3; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 24)
18. zhǎng verb to be born
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 出生 (Guoyu '長' zhǎng v 1)
19. zhǎng adjective older; eldest; senior
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 成年的 in this sense (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長' zhǎng adj 1; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 24)
20. zhǎng verb to respect; to hold in esteem
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 崇尚 in this sense (Guoyu '長' zhǎng v 7; Kroll 2015 '長' zhǎng 4, p. 42; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 24)
21. zhǎng verb to be a leader
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 为首 in this sense (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長' zhǎng v 6)
22. zhǎng proper noun Zhang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: A family name
23. zhǎng verb to increase; to boost
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 增加 (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長' zhǎng v 5; Kroll 2015 '長' zhǎng 1, p. 42; XHZD '长' zhǎng 2)
24. zhǎng adjective older; senior
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 年纪大的 (Kroll 2015 '長' zhǎng 2, p. 42; Mathews 1931 '長', p. 24; XHZD '长' zhǎng 4)

Contained in

• 负增长(負增長) negative growth; economic recession
• 长尾夜鹰(長尾夜鷹) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
• 砌长城(砌長城) to play mahjong
• 大修道院长(大修道院長) abbot
• 冗长(冗長) long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
• 长跳(長跳) long jump
• 源远流长(源遠流長) source is distant and the flow is long; goes back to the distant past
• 长途车(長途車) long-distance bus; coach
• 增长(增長) to increase; to grow
• 长风破浪(長風破浪) a long wind breaks the waves; unafraid and ambitious
• 甲长(甲長) a group of ten households
• 长生术(長生術) the recipe for the elixir of life
• 打长工(打長工) to work as long-term hired hand
• 长策(長策) a long whip ; a plan; a policy
• 长荣(長榮) Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
• 长岛冰茶(長島冰茶) Long Island Iced Tea
• 寿命不长(壽命不長) one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often )
• 长吁(長吁) a deep sigh
• 局长(局長) the chief of a bureau
• 张家长，李家短(張家長，李家短) the Zhangs are better off than the Lis; to gossip about the neighbors
• 长尾鹦鹉(長尾鸚鵡) long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
• 长靴(長靴) boot
• 延长线(延長線) extension cord; extended line; powerstrip
• 兄长(兄長) elder brother
• 长颈龙(長頸龍) tanystropheus
• 全长(全長) overall length; span
• 不长进(不長進) not improving; backward; below par
• 长衫(長衫) a long gown; a cheongsam
• 长钉(長釘) a spike; a long nail
• 年均增长率(年均增長率) annual rate of growth
• 深长(深長) profound
• 长江江豚(長江江豚) Yangtze porpoise
• 长途汽车(長途汽車) long-distance bus
• 教学相长(教學相長) when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
• 长三(長三) high-class prostitute
• 身无长物(身無長物) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a poor or frugal life
• 没长眼睛(沒長眼睛) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
• 长知识(長知識) to acquire knowledge
• 尊长(尊長) one's superior; one's elders and betters
• 长尾阔嘴鸟(長尾闊嘴鳥) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
• 争长论短(爭長論短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything

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子长 、 阿联酋长国 、 乡长 、 长沙县 、 长恨歌 、 长垣县 、 长三角经济区 、 长泰县 、 长寿王 、 长城战役

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