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长 — long; length; strong point

long; length; strong point; forte; to be good at; surplus; spare

Pinyin
cháng · zhǎng
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — cháng, zhǎng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 长: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

长 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 长 in the HSK syllabus: 37

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 长chángchief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increaseHSK 2
  2. 校长xiàozhǎngpresident; headmasterHSK 3
  3. 长zhǎngchief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increaseHSK 3
  4. 队长duìzhǎngcaptain; team leaderHSK 4
  5. 家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarchHSK 4
  6. 院长yuànzhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of ChinaHSK 4
  7. 增长zēngzhǎngto grow; to increaseHSK 4
  8. 长处chángchùgood aspects; strong pointsHSK 5
  9. 长度chángdùlengthHSK 5
  10. 长久chángjiǔlong-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanentHSK 5
  11. 长期chángqīlong-term; for a protracted periodHSK 5
  12. 长途chángtúlong distance; long-distance phone callHSK 5
  13. 长远chángyuǎnlong-term; long-rangeHSK 5
  14. 成长chéngzhǎngto mature; to grow; growthHSK 5
  15. 擅长shànchángto be good at; to be expert inHSK 5
  16. 生长shēngzhǎngto grow; to grow up; to be brought upHSK 5
  17. 延长yánchángto prolong; to extend; to delayHSK 5
  18. 长短chángduǎnlength; accident; mishapHSK 6
  19. 长寿chángshòulongevity; long-livedHSK 6
  20. 漫长mànchángvery long; endlessHSK 6
  21. 特长tèchángpersonal strengthHSK 6
  22. 长辈zhǎngbèione's elders; older generationHSK 6
  23. 长期以来chángqī yǐláifor a long timeHSK 7–9
  24. 长效chángxiàoto be effective over an extended periodHSK 7–9
  25. 长征chángzhēngLong MarchHSK 7–9
  26. 长足chángzúremarkableHSK 7–9
  27. 董事长dǒngshìzhǎngchairman of the board of directorsHSK 7–9
  28. 冗长rǒngchánglong and tedious; redundant; superfluousHSK 7–9
  29. 师长shīzhǎngmilitary division level commander; teacherHSK 7–9
  30. 天长地久tiāncháng-dìjiǔenduring while the world lasts; eternalHSK 7–9
  31. 土生土长tǔshēng-tǔzhǎngborn and raised in the locality; developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenousHSK 7–9
  32. 修长xiūchángslender; lanky; tall and thinHSK 7–9
  33. 揠苗助长yàmiáo-zhùzhǎng—HSK 7–9
  34. 一技之长yíjìzhīchángproficiency in a particular fieldHSK 7–9
  35. 源远流长yuányuǎn-liúchángof long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient timesHSK 7–9
  36. 长相zhǎngxiàngappearance; looks; profile; countenanceHSK 7–9
  37. 专长zhuānchángspecialty; special knowledge or abilityHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.