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丈
Mandarin · pinyin zhàng
Meanings
- measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
- to measure
- husband
- polite appellation for an older male
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- 丈
- zhàng · unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband
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4 · zhang4
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zoeng6
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- A unit of measurement.
- A unit of measurement. — The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (尺)
- A unit of measurement. — The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 ¹/₃ meters.
- A unit of measurement. — The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 ¹/₃₃ meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
- A unit of measurement. — The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.
- to survey (land); to measure
- gentleman; man; husband
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