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长: cháng (long) vs zhǎng (to grow)

长: cháng (long) vs zhǎng (to grow)

Readings 读音

  • chang long 长途 · 长凳 · 长袍 · 长袜 · 长裤
  • zhang to grow; elder; chief 长大 · 成长 · 生长 · 校长 · 增长 · 长辈

How it works 讲解

As an adjective it reads cháng — a long river, the Great Wall. As a verb 'to grow' it reads zhǎng — children grow up, hair grows. The tone change flips the part of speech.

Examples 例句

  1. 这Zhè条tiáo河hé很hěn长cháng，我们wǒmen走zǒu了le半个bàn ge小时xiǎoshí。

    This river is very long; we walked for half an hour.

  2. 孩子们Háizimen长zhǎng得de真zhēn快kuài。

    The children are growing up so fast.

  3. 长城Chángchéng是shì世界shìjiè上shàng最zuì大dà的de城墙chéngqiáng之一zhīyī。

    The Great Wall is one of the largest walls in the world.

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