长

Pinyin: zhǎng

to grow; chief; head; elder

🏮 Chinese HSK 3 verbsuffix

Example sentence

有些人永远也长不大。

Yǒuxiērén yǒngyuǎn yě zhǎng bù dà.

Some people never grow up.

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What 长 means

长 (zhǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to grow; chief; head; elder”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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