長
zhǎngcháng HSK2

long

长 長 zhǎng frequency
to grow verb
to grow; to develop; to sprout; to grow to maturity

钱又不是树上长出来的。

qián yòu bù​shì shù shang zhǎng chū lái de.

Money does not grow on trees.

to look verb
to appear or look a certain way in terms of physical features

我不管他长什么样子。

wǒ bù​guǎn tā zhǎng shén​me yàng​zi.

I don't care what he looks like.

他们长什么样子？

tā​men zhǎng shén​me​yàng zi?

What did they look like?

chief noun
head of an organization; leader; director; person in charge

狱长以前是个警察。

yù zhǎng yǐ​qián shì ge jǐng​chá.

The warden used to be a cop.

older nounadjective
elder; senior; (bound form) the eldest; first-born
to increase verb
to increase; to enhance; to augment
长 長 cháng
long adjective
long in space or time; lasting

四个月是很长的时间。

sì ge yuè shì hěn cháng de shí​jiān.

Four months is a long time.

你的腿比我长。

nǐ de tuǐ bǐ wǒ cháng.

Your legs are longer than mine.

to be good at verb
to be proficient in; to excel at
forte noun
(bound form) strong point; merit; strength
surplus
(literary) extra; spare; remaining
surname
a Chinese surname
radical
Radical 168, the Kangxi radical for "long"

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Antonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
109th most common 1768.2 per million
Movie subtitles
190th most common 909.4 per million appears in 95% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
362.9 per million appears in 73% of films
Written text
467.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
长
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+9577

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)