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長

简长 · 繁長

Mandarin · pinyin cháng#

long
(bound form) length
(bound form) strong point; forte
(bound form) to be good at
(literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)

Mandarin · pinyin zhǎng#

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2 · chang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coeng4 · zoeng2 · zoeng6

Cantonese word readings for 長. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

long (of distance)
length
long (in space); far; distant
long (of time); lasting
(Northern Wu, of a person) tall
everlasting; permanent
constantly; frequently
straight; perfectly straight
upright; right; good; fine
strength; advantage; merit
skill; specialism
to excel in
(Mainland China Hokkien) to take advantage of someone
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) segment of time or object
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) regularly; often; frequently
a surname

character

to begin to grow; to grow; to develop
(transitive, with 得 (de), of a person's appearance) to look; to appear
(transitive) to increase; to enhance
(intransitive) to increase; to go up
to nourish
old (of age)
senior; elder
leader; master; chief; head
eldest; oldest
to exalt; to honor
to wield; to be in control of

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(archaic) length; measure of length
(archaic, Min) to be left over; surplus, residue

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