HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

长

zhǎng

to grow; head; chief

Stroke order of 长

长 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The shape shows an old man with long hair flowing in the wind.

Parts: 长 pictograph of a person with long hair

Example sentence

她的头发很长。

Her hair is very long.

Words with 长

长大to grow up 家长parent; head of family 班长class monitor 队长team captain 组长group leader 市长mayor 校长headmaster; principal 院长dean; director (of an institute)部长minister; head of department 所长head of an institute 长城the Great Wall 长期long-term 长处strong point 成长to grow up 生长to grow 增长to grow; growth

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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