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  • 1

    adj.(of distance) long; (of space or time) long

    • qián fāng de lù hái hěn cháng

      前方

      The road ahead is still very long.

    • liǎng gè dì diǎn zhī jiān de jù lí hěn cháng

      地点距离

      There is a long distance between the two places.

    • tā yǒu zhe cháng cháng de jié máo

      睫毛

      She has long eyelashes.

    • cháng shí jiān de gōng zuò

      时间工作

      work long hours

    antonym
  • 2

    n.length

    • zhè zuò qiáo yǒu mǐ cháng

      100

      The length of the bridge is 100 metres.

    • zhè zhāng zhuō zi cháng yī mǐ

      桌子

      The table is one metre long.

    • zhè tiáo suì dào yǒu duō cháng

      隧道

      How long is this tunnel?

    • quán cháng

      have a total length of

    antonym
  • 3

    v.be good at; be proficient in; be strong in

    • tā cháng yú huì huà

      绘画

      He is good at painting.

    • tā cháng yú xiě zuò

      写作

      She is good at writing.

    • tā men cháng yú cì xiù

      他们刺绣

      They are good at embroidery.

    antonym
  • 4

    n.forte; strong points

    • rén gè yǒu suǒ cháng

      Everyone has his own strong points.

    • tè cháng

      specialty

    • yī jì zhī cháng

      proficiency in one particular field

    antonym
  • 5

    adj.formerly pronounced; remainder; surplus

    • cháng wù

      anything that can be spared

Words and phrases with 长

  • 长远
    [word]long-term; for a long time
  • 长线
    [word]be in oversupply; long-term
  • 长枪
    [word]spear; long-barrelled gun
  • 长度
    [word]length
  • 长春
    [word]a city in Jilin Province
  • 长征
    [word]expedition; Long March [a significant military march of the Chinese Workers'and Peasants'Red Army between 1934 and 1936 covering eleven provinces with a total distance of 25,000 li or 12,500 kilometres]
  • 长效
    [word]enduring/lasting effect
  • 长裤
    [word]pants
  • 长期
    [word]long period of time
  • 长久之计
    [idiom]a long-term policy
  • 长年累月
    [idiom]year out
  • 长命百岁
    [idiom]life of a hundred years
  • 长治久安
    [idiom]lasting political stability
  • 长此以往
    [idiom]if things go on like this
  • 长生不老
    [idiom]be alive for evermore
  • 长途跋涉
    [idiom]trek a long way
  • 长驱直入
    [idiom]push forward straight after a long march
  • 长篇大论
    [idiom]a long and minute statement

Similar-form characters to 长

Chinese Characters with pinyin cháng

  • law and order; regular pattern
  • intestines; sausage
  • taste; try
  • return; fulfil
  • used as a component of 嫦娥