IDENTITY
长chánglong; to grow (zhǎng)
HSK 2Top 250
CORE MEANING
long; to grow (zhǎng)
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.longHSK2
- 2.to growHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 长long radical (cháng)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single component
- IDS sequence
- 长
USAGE
Common words
长城Chángchéngthe Great Wall
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
校长xiàozhǎngprincipal
Graded examples
长城真长啊！Chángchéng zhēn cháng a!HSK2
The Great Wall is so long!
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
An elder with long flowing hair — long.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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