長 (coeng4 zoeng2 zoeng6 | chang2 zhang3 zhang4) : long; length; to grow

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長

coeng4 zoeng2 zoeng6

chang2 zhang3 zhang4

[粵] coeng4 /[華] chang2
[1] long; length
[2] [n] forte; strong point
[3] [v] excel in; be good at

[粵] zoeng2 /[華] zhang3
[1] to grow
[2] older, senior, a superior, chief, head
[3] a Chinese family name
[4] Kangxi radical 168

[粵] zoeng6 /[華] zhang4

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: (#168)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

長 / 长

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Feb 2010 16:30

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長大 zoeng2 daai6 zhang3 da4 = to grow; to grow up

長城 coeng4 sing4 chang2 cheng2 = The Great Wall of China

市長 si5 zoeng2 shi4 zhang3 = mayor

長期 coeng4 kei4 chang2 qi1 (PRC), chang2 qi2 (Taiwan) = long-term

長袖 coeng4 zau6 = long sleeves; long-sleeved

長途 coeng4 tou4 chang2 tu2 = long distance

一人計短，二人計長 jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4 yi4 ren2 ji4 duan3 er4 ren2 ji4 chang2 = two heads are better than one 粵

長江 coeng4 gong1 chang2 jiang1 = Yangtze River; Chang River, Cheung Kong

長住 coeng4 zyu6 chang2 zhu4 = to live for a long time

校長 haau6 zoeng2 xiao4 zhang3 = school principal
See all 294 compounds (CantoDict reports 300 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 長

一呎是十二吋長國
One foot is twelve inches long.

個木橈只有一尺長，點用嚟撐船呀粵
How can we use a mere one-feet long paddle to punt the boat?

呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.

件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about.
[the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 長
Unicode code for this character: U+9577 (off-site link)

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