length / long / forever / always / constantly
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chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
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How to pronounce 長

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ ang2 final

In the anglepod’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang3 final

In the anglepod’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

長 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 長 as component

regretful; upset; despairing; depressed
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ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
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door post
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Words with 長

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black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
(bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
(bird species of China) black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Sentences with 長

長 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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cháng / zhǎng

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