長江

简 长江 · 繁 長江
Mandarin · pinyin Cháng Jiāng

Meanings

  1. Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
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長
zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
江
jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
长
zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
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2–1 · Chang2 Jiang1

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coeng4 gong1

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name

  1. Yangtze River
  2. (~河) Changjiang Creek, the upper course of the Jin River (錦江 /锦江 (Jǐnjiāng)) in Jiangxi
  3. (~社區) Changjiang (a community in Guanshan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

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