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Prononciation
Mandarin zhǎng; cháng
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Results for 长
 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
 cháng length / long / forever / always / constantly
Results beginning with 长
 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
 Cháng shā Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
 zhǎng dà to grow up
 cháng dù length
 Cháng Jiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
 Cháng chūn Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 / in northeast China
 Cháng chéng the Great Wall
 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc)
 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
 cháng jiǔ (for a) long time
 cháng fà long hair
 Cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] / now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an
 cháng tú long distance
 cháng dá to extend as long as / to lengthen out to
 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range
 zhǎng xiàng appearance / looks / profile / countenance
 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer)
 cháng duǎn length / duration / accident / right and wrong / good and bad / long and short
 Cháng hóng Changhong (brand)
 cháng jià long vacation
 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
寿 cháng shòu longevity / ability to live long / long lived
 cháng xiào to be effective over an extended period
 cháng tàn long sigh / deep sigh
 cháng piān lengthy (report or speech)
 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation
 cháng nián all the year round
 cháng zhēng expedition / long journey
 cháng qiāng pike / CL:支[zhi1]
 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2]
 cháng chù good aspects / strong points
 zhǎng zhě senior / older person
 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:件[jian4]
线 cháng xiàn long term
 zhǎng zǐ eldest son
 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
 zhǎng chéng to grow up
 cháng qún cheong sam (long skirt)
 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over
 cháng zú remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
 cháng shēng long life
 cháng kù trousers
 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
 cháng máo pike / lance / CL:把[ba3],柄[bing3]
 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt
 cháng pǎo long-distance running
 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
 zhǎng jìn to make progress / progress
 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son
 cháng yú to be adept in / to excel at
 cháng yǐ bench
 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc)
 cháng tiáo strip
 cháng mián eternal rest (i.e. death)
 cháng dí (Western) concert flute
 cháng tán a long talk
 cháng xuē boot
 Cháng róng Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
 cháng cún to last for a long time / to endure / to exist forever
 Cháng qí Nagasaki, Japan
 cháng bō longwave (radio)
 cháng duì line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue
 zhǎng nu:3 eldest daughter
 cháng piàn feature-length film
 cháng dèng pew / bench / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 Cháng gēng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
 cháng shé loquacious / to have a loose tongue
 zhǎng yòu older and younger / seniority
 zhǎng xiōng eldest brother
 cháng shī long poem
 Cháng yě Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan
 cháng guì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)
 cháng yá tusk
 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe
 cháng shí stone beam / horizontal slab of stone / feldspar or felspar (geology)
 cháng wà hose / stocking
 cháng hào trombone
 cháng wù (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4]
 cháng chong (coll.) snake
 zhǎng jī (military) lead aircraft
 cháng shì to depart this life / to be no more
 cháng dìng spike
 cháng àn to long press (a button)
 Cháng bái Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
 cháng bān (old) footman / servant
 Cháng bīn Changbin or Changpin township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 cháng bǐng long handle / stem
 cháng cāng long position (finance)
 Cháng dǎo Changdao county in Yantai 煙台|烟台[Yan1 tai2], Shandong
 cháng dé Chotoku
 cháng duō good prospects in the long term (finance)
 Cháng fēng Changfeng county in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui
 Cháng gě Changge, county-level city in Shangqiu 商丘[Shang1 qiu1], Henan
 cháng gùn baguette
 Cháng hǎi Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
 cháng jì special skill
 Cháng lè Changle, county-level city in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3 men2]
 Cháng lǐng Changling County in Songyuan 松原[Song1 yuan2], Jilin
 Cháng níng Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
 cháng piāo rafting on the Yangtze River / abbr. for 長江漂流|长江漂流
 Cháng píng Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao
 Cháng qīng Changqing district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong
 cháng quán Changquan - Northern Shaolin (北少林) - Longfist - Martial Art
 cháng sān (old) high-class prostitute
 Cháng shùn Changshun county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
 Cháng tài Changtai county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
 Cháng tīng Changting, county-level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian
 cháng wěi the long tail
 Cháng wǔ Changwu County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
 cháng xiān long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice)
 Cháng xīng Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
 cháng yān endless mist
 cháng yī to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
 Cháng yuán Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xin1 xiang1], Henan
 Cháng zhì Changzhi prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1] / Changchih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
 cháng zhì the summer solstice
 zhǎng máo to grow hair / to become mildewed
 zhǎng nán eldest son
 zhǎng shì how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth
 zhǎng yǎn to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going / to watch one's step / to be cautious
 zhǎng zǐ older sister
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 Cháng Sān jiǎo Yangtze River Delta (abbr. for 長江三角洲|长江三角洲[Chang2 jiang1 San1 jiao3 zhou1])
 cháng fāng xíng rectangle
 Cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
 cháng ān jiē Chang'an
 cháng jù lí long distance
 cháng qī xìng long-term
鹿 cháng jǐng lù giraffe / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 zhǎng jiàn shi to gain knowledge and experience
 cháng tú chē long-distance bus / coach
 Zhǎng lǎo huì Presbyterianism
 cháng fāng tǐ cuboid
 cháng bì yuán gibbon / Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China)
 cháng máo róng (textiles) plush
 cháng míng dēng altar lamp burning day and night
 cháng shé fù female gossip / busybody
 cháng máo xiàng woolly mammoth
 cháng tǒng wà stocking / CL:雙|双[shuang1]
 cháng tǒng wà stockings
 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line
 cháng tǒng xuē variant of 長筒靴|长筒靴[chang2 tong3 xue1]
 cháng shēng guǒ (dialect) peanut
  long wheel base
  billfish
 Cháng ān Qū Chang'an District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi / Chang'an District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
 Cháng bái xiàn Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
 Cháng bái zhèn Changbai township, capital of Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
 cháng bí hóu proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
Approximate Results for 长
x长 xzhǎng Head
 zēng zhǎng to grow / to increase
 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth
 zhàn zhǎng person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
 xiào zhǎng (college, university) president / headmaster / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
 jú zhǎng bureau chief / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
 duì zhǎng captain / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yán cháng to prolong / to extend / to delay
 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / president of a university / department head / dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shì zhǎng mayor
 huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc
 màn cháng very long / endless
 shàn cháng to be good at / to be expert in
 zǔ zhǎng group leader
 tè cháng personal strength / one's special ability or strong points
 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film
 zuì cháng longest
 tuán zhǎng regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator
 suǒ cháng what one is good at
 suǒ zhǎng head of an institute etc
 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4]
 chù zhǎng department head / section chief
 zhuān cháng specialty / special knowledge or ability
 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin
 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate
 jiào cháng comparatively long
 tài cháng oversize
 zú zhǎng clan elder
 chǎng zhǎng factory director
 chuán zhǎng captain (of a boat) / skipper
 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head
 quán cháng overall length / span
 shěng zhǎng governor of a province
 háng zhǎng bank president
 Dào Zhǎng Taoist priest / Daoist priest
 shī zhǎng military division level commander / teacher
 shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc)
 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
 kē zhǎng section chief / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shí cháng duration
 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner
 shǒu zhǎng senior official
 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
 xì cháng slender
 lián zhǎng company commander
 sī zhǎng bureau chief
 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department
 lā cháng to lengthen / to pull sth out longer
 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
 bō cháng wavelength
 zǒng cháng total length
 zǒng zhǎng name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3]
 nián zhǎng senior
 diàn zhǎng store manager
 pái zhǎng platoon leader / sergeant
 jiā cháng to lengthen
 yōu cháng long / drawn-out / prolonged / lingering
 qū zhǎng district chief
 yíng zhǎng battalion commander
 zhù zhǎng to encourage / to foster / to foment
 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff
 jiàn cháng to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) / Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长[yi3 yan2 jiu1 jian4 chang2] to be known for one's research
 shēn cháng to stretch / to extend
 jiàn zhǎng commander / captain (of a warship)
 yì zhǎng chairman (of a legislative assembly) / speaker
 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
 zhōu zhǎng governor (of a province or colony) / US state governor / premier (Australian states)
 xiá cháng long and narrow
 cái zhǎng treasurer / head of finances / minister of finance
 jī zhǎng captain / chief pilot
 rǒng cháng long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing)
 lu:3 zhǎng Brigade Commander
 xiāng zhǎng village chief / mayor (of village or township)
 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop
 zhōu cháng variant of 周長|周长[zhou1 chang2]
 mián cháng long and continuous (coastline, sound etc) / extensive / prolonged
 yuán zhǎng person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 / etc
 tǐ cháng body length
  vehicle leader
 shòu cháng slim
 tàn zhǎng (police) detective
 biān cháng length (of a side, geom.)
 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
 shēn cháng profound (meaning, implications etc)
 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department)
 tíng zhǎng presiding judge
 tuō cháng to lengthen / to drag out
 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow
 fáng zhǎng abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense
 cì zhǎng deputy chief
 zūn zhǎng one's superior / one's elders and betters
 jiǔ cháng a long time
 jiào zhǎng dean / mullah / imam (Islam) / see also 伊瑪目|伊玛目[yi1 ma3 mu4]
 bǎo cháng (math.) distance-preserving / isometric
 bāo cháng packet size (computing)
 bǎo zhǎng head of a bao 保[bao3] in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
 chī zhǎng to not be wiser despite being older / to be older than (you) by (humble)
 hú cháng arc length (the length of a curve segment)
 jí zhǎng class president (in a school) / class captain / cohort leader
 jūn zhǎng (old) sovereign / tribal leader
 líng cháng long life and prosperity
 líng zhǎng primate (monkey, hominid etc)
 màn cháng extremely long / unending
 Nán cháng Nanchang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
 sè zhǎng head of a division of the music academy of the imperial court
 Tiān cháng Tianchang, county-level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui
 tíng zhǎng ancient official title
 xióng zhǎng fierce and ambitious character / formidable person
 yáng cháng with swagger / ostentatiously / to make the best use of one's strengths
 yīn cháng sound duration / length of a musical note
 Yuán cháng Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 Zǐ cháng Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
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x长  Deputy Chief
 dǒng shì zhǎng chairman of the board / chairman
 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general
 zēng zhǎng lu:4 growth rate (esp. in economics)
 fù bù zhǎng assistant (government) minister
 fù shì zhǎng deputy mayor
 fù yuàn zhǎng deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
 fù xiào zhǎng vice-principal
 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee
 lǐ shì zhǎng director general
 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff
  Deputy Chief of Branch
 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association
 fù tīng zhǎng Deputy Chief of Office
  Prosecutor General
 dǎ cháng tú to make a long distance call
 fù sī cháng Deputy Chief of Division
 fù zēng zhǎng negative growth / economic recession
  team subcommander
 bù zhǎng jí ministerial level (e.g. negotiations)
 zhí xíng zhǎng chief executive
 hù shì zhǎng nursing officer / nurse officer
 Lǐ Cháng chūn Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
 Xiè Cháng tíng Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005
线 yán cháng xiàn extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
 shěn pàn zhǎng presiding judge
 nán běi cháng north-south distance
 liè chē zhǎng conductor / train manager
 fù kē cháng Deputy Chief of Section
 gù cháng wèi Gu
 shēng zhǎng sù auxin (plant growth hormone)
 chú shī zhǎng executive chef / head chef
 qiú zhǎng guó Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief
 líng zhǎng lèi primate (monkey, hominid etc)
 Guān Yún cháng courtesy name of 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]
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