长zhǎngto grow
How 长 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
他长得很高。
Tā zhǎng de hěn gāo.
He has grown very tall.
- 他tāhe
- 长zhǎngto grow
- 得děito have to
- 很hěnvery
- 高gāotall
这个孩子长得很快。
Zhè gè háizi zhǎng děi hěn kuài.
This child is growing fast.
- 这zhèthis
- 个gègeneral measure word
- 孩子háizichild
- 长zhǎngto grow
- 得děito have to
- 很hěnvery
- 快kuàifast; soon
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 尝
- 场
- 上shàngup; to go up; previous