长
Meaning
- long
- (bound form) length
- (bound form) strong point; forte
Example sentence
教学相长。
Teaching is learning.
The character 长
长 is cháng for long — 很长, 长短 — and zhǎng for growing and for whoever is at the top: 长大 to grow up, 班长, 校长, 家长. One character, and only the sense tells you which.
Words containing 长
- 班长 bān zhǎng class monitor
- 队长 duì zhǎng captain
- 家长 jiā zhǎng head of a household
- 市长 shì zhǎng mayor
- 校长 xiào zhǎng (college, university) president
- 院长 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
- 长大 zhǎng dà to grow up
- 组长 zǔ zhǎng group leader
- 部长 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department
- 长城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall
- 长处 cháng chù good aspects
- 长期 cháng qī long-term; for a protracted period
- 成长 chéng zhǎng to mature
- 生长 shēng zhǎng to grow
- 所长 suǒ zhǎng director; head of an institute, office or station
- 增长 zēng zhǎng to grow; to increase
- 长途 cháng tú long distance