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張
简 张 · 繁 張Characters in this entry
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1 · zhang1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zoeng1 · zoeng3
Cantonese word readings for 張. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to string a bow; to pull a bowstring taut
- to stretch; to open up; to spread
- to expand; to spread
- to set out; to display
- to look
- (of a new business) to start; to open for business
- Classifier for objects that can be expanded.
- Classifier for objects with a flat surface: sheet
- Classifier for votes.
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Zhongshan Min) Classifier for knives.
- (Cantonese) Classifier for age of a person, approximating in multiples of tens. (only for thirty years old or above)
- (Chinese astronomy) Extended Net (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
- a surname, Zhang, listed #24 of the Baijiaxing
- (Hokkien) to make arrangements for; to set up
- (Hokkien) to get angry; to lose one's temper
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pretend; to make believe; to feign
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- to boast; to exaggerate (now merged into Pronunciation 1)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 脹／胀 (zhàng)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 帳／帐 (zhàng)
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- (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to catch an animal by drawing a net, setting a trap, etc.
- (Hokkien, Puxian Min, by extension) to wait for; to stalk; to watch out (in order to catch or get something)
- (Hokkien, Puxian Min) implement for catching animals; trap
- (Puxian Min) to run into; to encounter
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