| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 长 | 長 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | 長 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
| 久长 | 久長 | jiǔcháng | - a long time |
| 亭长 | 亭長 | tíngzhǎng | - ancient official title |
| 伸长 | 伸長 | shēncháng | - to stretch - to extend |
| 保长 | 保長 | bǎocháng | - (math.) distance-preserving - isometric |
| 保长 | 保長 | bǎozhǎng | - head of a bao in the Bao-Jia system 保甲制度[bao3 jia3 zhi4 du4] |
| 修长 | 修長 | xiūcháng | - slender - lanky - tall and thin |
| 元长 | 元長 | Yuáncháng | - Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 兄长 | 兄長 | xiōngzhǎng | - elder brother - term of respect for a man of about the same age |
| 全长 | 全長 | quáncháng | - overall length - span |
| 冗长 | 冗長 | rǒngcháng | - long and tedious - redundant - superfluous - supernumerary - verbose (of writing) |
| 加长 | 加長 | jiācháng | - to lengthen |
| 助长 | 助長 | zhùzhǎng | - to encourage - to foster - to foment |
| 区长 | 區長 | qūzhǎng | - district chief |
| 南长 | 南長 | Náncháng | - Nanchang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 司长 | 司長 | sīzhǎng | - bureau chief |
| 周长 | 周長 | zhōucháng | - perimeter - circumference |
| 团长 | 團長 | tuánzhǎng | - regimental command - head of a delegation |
| 增长 | 增長 | zēngzhǎng | - to grow - to increase |
| 外长 | 外長 | wàizhǎng | - foreign minister - secretary of state - minister of foreign affairs |
| 天长 | 天長 | Tiāncháng | - Tianchang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 子长 | 子長 | Zǐcháng | - Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 学长 | 學長 | xuézhǎng | - senior or older male schoolmate |
| 家长 | 家長 | jiāzhǎng | - head of a household - family head - patriarch - parent or guardian of a child |
| 专长 | 專長 | zhuāncháng | - specialty - special knowledge or ability |
| 尊长 | 尊長 | zūnzhǎng | - one's superior - one's elders and betters |
| 局长 | 局長 | júzhǎng | - bureau chief - CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] |
| 州长 | 州長 | zhōuzhǎng | - governor (of a province or colony) - US state governor - premier (Australian states) |
| 市长 | 市長 | shìzhǎng | - mayor |
| 师长 | 師長 | shīzhǎng | - military division level commander - teacher |
| 年长 | 年長 | niánzhǎng | - senior |
| 店长 | 店長 | diànzhǎng | - store manager |
| 庭长 | 庭長 | tíngzhǎng | - presiding judge |
| 厂长 | 廠長 | chǎngzhǎng | - factory director |
| 厅长 | 廳長 | tīngzhǎng | - head of provincial PRC government department |
| 延长 | 延長 | Yáncháng | - Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 延长 | 延長 | yáncháng | - to prolong - to extend - to delay |
| 弧长 | 弧長 | húcháng | - arc length (the length of a curve segment) |
| 悠长 | 悠長 | yōucháng | - long - drawn-out - prolonged - lingering |
| 慢长 | 慢長 | màncháng | - extremely long - unending |
| 成长 | 成長 | chéngzhǎng | - to mature - to grow - growth |
| 所长 | 所長 | suǒcháng | - what one is good at |
| 所长 | 所長 | suǒzhǎng | - head of an institute etc |
| 拉长 | 拉長 | lācháng | - to lengthen - to pull sth out longer |
| 拖长 | 拖長 | tuōcháng | - to lengthen - to drag out |
| 排长 | 排長 | páizhǎng | - platoon leader - sergeant |
| 探长 | 探長 | tànzhǎng | - (police) detective |
| 擅长 | 擅長 | shàncháng | - to be good at - to be expert in |
| 教长 | 教長 | jiàozhǎng | - dean - mullah - imam (Islam) - see also 伊瑪目|伊玛目[yi1 ma3 mu4] |
| 会长 | 會長 | huìzhǎng | - president of a club, committee etc |
| 村长 | 村長 | cūnzhǎng | - village chief - village head |
| 校长 | 校長 | xiàozhǎng | - (college, university) president - headmaster - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 机长 | 機長 | jīzhǎng | - captain - chief pilot |
| 次长 | 次長 | cìzhǎng | - deputy chief |
| 波长 | 波長 | bōcháng | - wavelength |
| 消长 | 消長 | xiāozhǎng | - to ebb and rise - to decrease and then grow |
| 深长 | 深長 | shēncháng | - profound (meaning, implications etc) |
| 滋长 | 滋長 | zīzhǎng | - to grow (usually of abstract things) - to yield - to develop |
| 漫长 | 漫長 | màncháng | - very long - endless |
| 营长 | 營長 | yíngzhǎng | - battalion commander |
| 片长 | 片長 | piàncháng | - length of film |
| 特长 | 特長 | tècháng | - personal strength - one's special ability or strong points |
| 狭长 | 狹長 | xiácháng | - long and narrow |
| 班长 | 班長 | bānzhǎng | - class monitor - squad leader - team leader - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 生长 | 生長 | shēngzhǎng | - to grow |
| 痴长 | 痴長 | chīzhǎng | - to not be wiser despite being older - to be older than (you) by (humble) |
| 瘦长 | 瘦長 | shòucháng | - slim |
| 省长 | 省長 | shěngzhǎng | - governor of a province |
| 社长 | 社長 | shèzhǎng | - president or director (of association etc) |
| 科长 | 科長 | kēzhǎng | - section chief - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 站长 | 站長 | zhànzhǎng | - station master |
| 细长 | 細長 | xìcháng | - slender |
| 组长 | 組長 | zǔzhǎng | - group leader |
| 县长 | 縣長 | xiànzhǎng | - county's head commissioner |
| 总长 | 總長 | zǒngzhǎng | - name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superceded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3] |
| 股长 | 股長 | gǔzhǎng | - section chief |
| 船长 | 船長 | chuánzhǎng | - captain (of a boat) - skipper |
| 舰长 | 艦長 | jiànzhǎng | - commander - captain (of a warship) |
| 色长 | 色長 | sèzhǎng | - brothel keeper |
| 处长 | 處長 | chùzhǎng | - department head - section chief |
| 行长 | 行長 | hángzhǎng | - bank president |
| 见长 | 見長 | jiàncháng | - to be good at sth - one's forte |
| 课长 | 課長 | kèzhǎng | - section chief (of an administrative unit) - head (of a department) |
| 议长 | 議長 | yìzhǎng | - chairman (of a legislative assembly) - speaker |
| 财长 | 財長 | cáizhǎng | - treasurer - head of finances - minister of finance |
| 身长 | 身長 | shēncháng | - height (of person) - length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) |
| 较长 | 較長 | jiàocháng | - comparatively long |
| 连长 | 連長 | liánzhǎng | - company commander |
| 周长 | 週長 | zhōucháng | - variant of 周長|周长[zhou1 chang2] |
| 道长 | 道長 | DàoZhǎng | - Taoist priest - Daoist priest |
| 边长 | 邊長 | biāncháng | - length (of a side, geom.) |
| 部长 | 部長 | bùzhǎng | - head of a (government etc) department - section chief - section head - secretary - minister - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 乡长 | 鄉長 | xiāngzhǎng | - village chief - mayor (of village or township) |
| 酋长 | 酋長 | qiúzhǎng | - headman (of primitive people) - tribal chief - used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir |
| 镇长 | 鎮長 | zhènzhǎng | - town headman - mayor (of small town or village) - bailiff |
| 长三 | 長三 | chángsān | - (old) high class prostitute |
| 长久 | 長久 | chángjiǔ | - (for a) long time |
| 长假 | 長假 | chángjià | - long vacation - refers to one week national holiday in PRC starting 1st May and 1st Oct |
| 长兄 | 長兄 | zhǎngxiōng | - eldest brother |
| 长凳 | 長凳 | chángdèng | - pew - bench - CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 长出 | 長出 | zhǎngchū | - to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) |
| 长势 | 長勢 | zhǎngshì | - how well a crop (or plant) is growing - growth |
| 长叹 | 長嘆 | chángtàn | - long sigh - deep sigh |
| 长垣 | 長垣 | Chángyuán | - Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xin1 xiang1], Henan |
| 长城 | 長城 | Chángchéng | - the Great Wall |
| 长寿 | 長壽 | Chángshòu | - Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 长寿 | 長壽 | chángshòu | - longevity - ability to live long - long lived |
| 长多 | 長多 | chángduō | - good prospects in the long term (finance) |
| 长夜 | 長夜 | chángyè | - long dark night - fig. long period of misery and oppression |
| 长大 | 長大 | zhǎngdà | - to grow up |
| 长女 | 長女 | zhǎngnǚ | - eldest daughter |
| 长姊 | 長姊 | zhǎngzǐ | - older sister |
| 长子 | 長子 | Zhǎngzǐ | - Zhangzi county in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1] |
| 长子 | 長子 | zhǎngzǐ | - eldest son |
| 长存 | 長存 | chángcún | - to exist forever |
| 长孙 | 長孫 | Zhǎngsūn | - two-character surname Zhangsun |
| 长孙 | 長孫 | zhǎngsūn | - eldest grandson - the eldest son of one's eldest son |
| 长安 | 長安 | Chángān | - Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] - now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an |
| 长官 | 長官 | zhǎngguān | - senior official - senior officer - commanding officer - CL:位[wei4] - sir (term of address for senior officer) |
| 长宁 | 長寧 | Chángníng | - Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan - Changning District in Shanghai |
| 长尾 | 長尾 | chángwěi | - the long tail |
| 长岛 | 長島 | Chángdǎo | - Changdao county in Yantai 煙台|烟台[Yan1 tai2], Shandong |
| 长崎 | 長崎 | Chángqí | - Nagasaki, Japan |
| 长岭 | 長嶺 | Chánglǐng | - Changling county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 长平 | 長平 | Chángpíng | - Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao |
| 长年 | 長年 | chángnián | - all the year round |
| 长幼 | 長幼 | zhǎngyòu | - older and younger - seniority |
| 长庚 | 長庚 | Chánggēng | - classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk |
| 长度 | 長度 | chángdù | - length |
| 长廊 | 長廊 | chángláng | - promenade - long hallway - Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 yi2 he2 yuan2] |
| 长征 | 長征 | Chángzhēng | - Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935) |
| 长征 | 長征 | chángzhēng | - expedition - long journey |
| 长得 | 長得 | zhǎngde | - to look (pretty, the same etc) |
| 长德 | 長德 | chángdé | - Chotoku |
| 长成 | 長成 | zhǎngchéng | - to grow up |
| 长技 | 長技 | chángjì | - special skill |
| 长拳 | 長拳 | chángquán | - Changquan - Northern Shaolin (北少林) - Longfist - Martial Art |
| 长揖 | 長揖 | chángyī | - to clasp hands in greeting |
| 长效 | 長效 | chángxiào | - to be effective over an extended period |
| 长于 | 長於 | chángyú | - to be adept in - to excel at |
| 长春 | 長春 | Chángchūn | - Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
| 长期 | 長期 | chángqī | - long term - long time - long range (of a forecast) |
| 长柄 | 長柄 | chángbǐng | - long handle - stem |
| 长条 | 長條 | chángtiáo | - strip |
| 长棍 | 長棍 | chánggùn | - baguette |
| 长椅 | 長椅 | chángyǐ | - bench |
| 长荣 | 長榮 | Chángróng | - Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate |
| 长枪 | 長槍 | chángqiāng | - pike - CL:支[zhi1] |
| 长乐 | 長樂 | Chánglè | - Changle county level city in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian - Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3 men2] |
| 长机 | 長機 | zhǎngjī | - (military) lead aircraft |
| 长武 | 長武 | Chángwǔ | - Changwu County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi |
| 长汀 | 長汀 | Chángtīng | - Changting county level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian |
| 长江 | 長江 | ChángJiāng | - Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang |
| 长沙 | 長沙 | Chángshā | - Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China |
| 长治 | 長治 | Chángzhì | - Changzhi prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1] - Changchih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 长波 | 長波 | chángbō | - longwave (radio) |
| 长泰 | 長泰 | Chángtài | - Changtai county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian |
| 长海 | 長海 | Chánghǎi | - Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning |
| 长清 | 長清 | Chángqīng | - Changqing district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong |
| 长满 | 長滿 | zhǎngmǎn | - to grow all over |
| 长漂 | 長漂 | chángpiāo | - running the Changjiang or Yangtze river (as a dare-devil sport) |
| 长滨 | 長濱 | Chángbīn | - Changbin or Changpin township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan |
| 长烟 | 長煙 | chángyān | - endless mist |
| 长片 | 長片 | chángpiàn | - feature-length film |
| 长牙 | 長牙 | chángyá | - tusk |
| 长物 | 長物 | chángwù | - surplus - up to scratch |
| 长班 | 長班 | chángbān | - (old) footman - servant |
| 长生 | 長生 | chángshēng | - long life |
| 长男 | 長男 | zhǎngnán | - eldest son |
| 长白 | 長白 | Chángbái | - Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin |
| 长相 | 長相 | zhǎngxiàng | - appearance - looks - profile - countenance |
| 长眠 | 長眠 | chángmián | - eternal rest (i.e. death) |
| 长矛 | 長矛 | chángmáo | - pike - lance - CL:把[ba3],柄[bing3] |
| 长短 | 長短 | chángduǎn | - length - duration - accident - right and wrong - good and bad - long and short |
| 长石 | 長石 | chángshí | - stone beam - horizontal slab of stone - feldspar or felspar (geology) |
| 长空 | 長空 | chángkōng | - (literary) the vast sky - (finance) eventual downturn - poor prospects in the long term |
| 长笛 | 長笛 | chángdí | - (Western) concert flute |
| 长篇 | 長篇 | chángpiān | - lengthy (report or speech) |
| 长籼 | 長籼 | chángxiān | - long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice) |
| 长线 | 長線 | chángxiàn | - long term |
| 长老 | 長老 | zhǎnglǎo | - elder - term of respect for a Buddhist monk |
| 长者 | 長者 | zhǎngzhě | - senior - older person |
| 长至 | 長至 | chángzhì | - the summer solstice |
| 长兴 | 長興 | Chángxīng | - Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 长舌 | 長舌 | chángshé | - loquacious - to have a loose tongue |
| 长葛 | 長葛 | Chánggě | - Changge county level city in Shangqiu 商丘[Shang1 qiu1], Henan |
| 长处 | 長處 | chángchù | - good aspects - strong points |
| 长号 | 長號 | chánghào | - trombone |
| 长虹 | 長虹 | Chánghóng | - Changhong (brand) |
| 长虫 | 長蟲 | chángchong | - (coll.) snake |
| 长衫 | 長衫 | chángshān | - long gown - cheongsam - traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao |
| 长袍 | 長袍 | chángpáo | - chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) - gown - robe - CL:件[jian4] |
| 长袖 | 長袖 | chángxiù | - long sleeves - long-sleeved shirt |
| 长裙 | 長裙 | chángqún | - cheong sam (long skirt) |
| 长裤 | 長褲 | chángkù | - trousers |
| 长袜 | 長襪 | chángwà | - hose - stocking |
| 长诗 | 長詩 | chángshī | - long poem |
| 长谈 | 長談 | chángtán | - a long talk |
| 长丰 | 長豐 | Chángfēng | - Changfeng county in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui |
| 长跑 | 長跑 | chángpǎo | - long-distance running |
| 长辈 | 長輩 | zhǎngbèi | - one's elders - older generation |
| 长途 | 長途 | chángtú | - long distance |
| 长逝 | 長逝 | chángshì | - to depart this life - to be no more |
| 长进 | 長進 | zhǎngjìn | - to make progress - progress |
| 长达 | 長達 | chángdá | - to extend as long as - to lengthen out to |
| 长远 | 長遠 | chángyuǎn | - long-term - long-range |
| 长野 | 長野 | Chángyě | - Nagano (name) - Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan |
| 长钉 | 長釘 | chángdìng | - spike |
| 长队 | 長隊 | chángduì | - line (i.e. of people waiting) - queue |
| 长靴 | 長靴 | chángxuē | - boot |
| 长顺 | 長順 | Chángshùn | - Changshun county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 长发 | 長髮 | chángfà | - long hair |
| 长龙 | 長龍 | chánglóng | - long queue - long line (of cars, people etc) |
| 防长 | 防長 | fángzhǎng | - abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense |
| 院长 | 院長 | yuànzhǎng | - chair of board - president (of a university etc) - department head - dean - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 队长 | 隊長 | duìzhǎng | - captain - team leader - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 雄长 | 雄長 | xióngzhǎng | - fierce and ambitious character - formidable person |
| 灵长 | 靈長 | língcháng | - long life and prosperity |
| 灵长 | 靈長 | língzhǎng | - primate (monkey, hominid etc) |
| 音长 | 音長 | yīncháng | - sound duration - length of a musical note |
| 首长 | 首長 | shǒuzhǎng | - senior official |
| 体长 | 體長 | tǐcháng | - body length |
| 中长跑 | 中長跑 | zhōngchángpǎo | - middle distance race |
| 做厅长 | 做廳長 | zuòtīngzhǎng | - (jocularly) to sleep on the couch - to sleep in the living room |
| 元长乡 | 元長鄉 | Yuánchángxiāng | - Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 光波长 | 光波長 | guāngbōcháng | - optical wavelength |
| 典狱长 | 典獄長 | diǎnyùzhǎng | - warden |
| 冗长度 | 冗長度 | rǒngchángdù | - (level of) redundancy |
| 列车长 | 列車長 | lièchēzhǎng | - conductor - train manager |
| 副州长 | 副州長 | fùzhōuzhǎng | - deputy governor (of a province or colony) - lieutenant governor of US state |
| 副市长 | 副市長 | fùshìzhǎng | - deputy mayor |
| 副校长 | 副校長 | fùxiàozhǎng | - vice-principal |
| 副议长 | 副議長 | fùyìzhǎng | - vice-chairman |
| 副部长 | 副部長 | fùbùzhǎng | - assistant (government) minister |
| 副院长 | 副院長 | fùyuànzhǎng | - deputy chair of board - vice-president (of a university etc) |
| 半长轴 | 半長軸 | bànchángzhóu | - semi-axis - radius |
| 南北长 | 南北長 | nánběicháng | - north-south distance |
| 南长区 | 南長區 | Nánchángqū | - Nanchang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 参谋长 | 參謀長 | cānmóuzhǎng | - chief of staff |
| 执行长 | 執行長 | zhíxíngzhǎng | - chief executive |
| 增长天 | 增長天 | Zēngzhǎngtiān | - Virudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings) |
| 增长率 | 增長率 | zēngzhǎnglǜ | - growth rate (esp. in economics) |
| 大长今 | 大長今 | Dàchángjīn | - Dae Chang Kum, a Korean Drama (GM) |
| 天长市 | 天長市 | Tiānchángshì | - Tianchang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 委员长 | 委員長 | wěiyuánzhǎng | - head of a committee |
| 子长县 | 子長縣 | Zǐchángxiàn | - Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 家长制 | 家長制 | jiāzhǎngzhì | - patriarchal system |
| 家长会 | 家長會 | jiāzhǎnghuì | - parent-teacher conference - parents' association |
| 审判长 | 審判長 | shěnpànzhǎng | - presiding judge |
| 审计长 | 審計長 | shěnjìzhǎng | - auditor |
| 干事长 | 幹事長 | gànshizhǎng | - secretary-general |
| 厨师长 | 廚師長 | chúshīzhǎng | - executive chef - head chef |
| 延长线 | 延長線 | yánchángxiàn | - extension cord - extended line - powerstrip |
| 延长县 | 延長縣 | Yánchángxiàn | - Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 弓长岭 | 弓長嶺 | Gōngchánglǐng | - Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning |
| 弧线长 | 弧線長 | húxiàncháng | - arc length - length of a curve segment |
| 成长率 | 成長率 | chéngzhǎnglǜ | - growth rate |
| 打长工 | 打長工 | dǎchánggōng | - to work as long-term hired hand |
| 打长途 | 打長途 | dǎchángtú | - to make a long distance call |
| 拉长脸 | 拉長臉 | lāchángliǎn | - to pull a long face - to scowl |
| 教务长 | 教務長 | jiàowùzhǎng | - provost |
| 斜长石 | 斜長石 | xiéchángshí | - plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar) |
| 最年长 | 最年長 | zuìniánzhǎng | - eldest |
| 会长团 | 會長團 | huìzhǎngtuán | - presidency |
| 李长春 | 李長春 | LǐChángchūn | - Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician |
| 正长石 | 正長石 | zhēngchángshí | - orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar) |
| 没长眼 | 沒長眼 | méizhǎngyǎn | - see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5] |
| 理事长 | 理事長 | lǐshìzhǎng | - director general |
| 生长率 | 生長率 | shēngzhǎnglǜ | - growth rate |
| 生长素 | 生長素 | shēngzhǎngsù | - auxin (plant growth hormone) |
| 田长霖 | 田長霖 | TiánChánglín | - Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997 |
| 短波长 | 短波長 | duǎnbōcháng | - short wavelength |
| 砌长城 | 砌長城 | qìChángchéng | - (coll.) to play mahjong |
| 码长城 | 碼長城 | mǎChángchéng | - (coll.) to play mahjong |
| 秘书长 | 秘書長 | mìshūzhǎng | - secretary-general |
| 董事长 | 董事長 | dǒngshìzhǎng | - chairman of the board - chairman |
| 萧万长 | 蕭萬長 | XiāoWàncháng | - Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice-president from 2008 |
| 谢长廷 | 謝長廷 | XièChángtíng | - Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005 |
| 负增长 | 負增長 | fùzēngzhǎng | - negative growth - economic recession |
| 辉长岩 | 輝長岩 | huīchángyán | - gabbro (geology) |
| 部长会 | 部長會 | bùzhǎnghuì | - minister level conference |
| 部长级 | 部長級 | bùzhǎngjí | - ministerial level (e.g. negotiations) |
| 酋长国 | 酋長國 | qiúzhǎngguó | - Emirate - Sheikdom - used as translation for country under a chief |
| 长三角 | 長三角 | ChángSānjiǎo | - Yangtze River Delta - abbr. for 長江三角洲|长江三角洲 |
| 长嘴鹬 | 長嘴鷸 | chángzuǐyù | - (Chinese bird species) long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) |
| 长垣县 | 長垣縣 | Chángyuánxiàn | - Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xin1 xiang1], Henan |
| 长寿区 | 長壽區 | Chángshòuqū | - Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 长子县 | 長子縣 | Chángzǐxiàn | - Changzhi county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi |
| 长安区 | 長安區 | ChángānQū | - Chang'an District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi - Chang'an District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 长宁区 | 長寧區 | Chángníngqū | - Changning district, central Shanghai |
| 长宁县 | 長寧縣 | Chángníngxiàn | - Changning county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan |
| 长尾鸭 | 長尾鴨 | chángwěiyā | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| 长岛县 | 長島縣 | Chángdǎoxiàn | - Changdao county in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong |
| 长岭县 | 長嶺縣 | Chánglǐngxiàn | - Changling county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 长方形 | 長方形 | chángfāngxíng | - rectangle |
| 长方体 | 長方體 | chángfāngtǐ | - cuboid |
| 长明灯 | 長明燈 | chángmíngdēng | - altar lamp burning day and night |
| 长春市 | 長春市 | Chángchūnshì | - Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
| 长期性 | 長期性 | chángqīxìng | - long-term |
| 长乐市 | 長樂市 | Chánglèshì | - Changle county level city in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian |
| 长武县 | 長武縣 | ChángwǔXiàn | - Changwu County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi |
| 长毛象 | 長毛象 | chángmáoxiàng | - woolly mammoth |
| 长汀县 | 長汀縣 | Chángtīngxiàn | - Changting county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian |
| 长沙市 | 長沙市 | Chángshāshì | - Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China |
| 长沙湾 | 長沙灣 | chángshāwān | - Cheung Sha Wan (poultry market in Hong Kong) |
| 长沙县 | 長沙縣 | Chángshāxiàn | - Changsha county in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1], Hunan |
| 长治市 | 長治市 | Chángzhìshì | - Changzhi prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西 |
| 长治县 | 長治縣 | Chángzhìxiàn | - Changzhi county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi |
| 长治乡 | 長治鄉 | Chángzhìxiāng | - Changzhi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 长泰县 | 長泰縣 | Chángtàixiàn | - Changtai county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian |
| 长洲区 | 長洲區 | Chángzhōuqū | - Changzhou district of Wuzhou city 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi |
| 长海县 | 長海縣 | Chánghǎixiàn | - Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning |
| 长清区 | 長清區 | Chángqīngqū | - Changqing district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong |
| 长滨乡 | 長濱鄉 | Chángbīnxiāng | - Changbin or Changpin township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan |
| 长生果 | 長生果 | chángshēngguǒ | - peanut - groundnut (slang) |
| 长白山 | 長白山 | Chángbáishān | - Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology |
| 长白县 | 長白縣 | Chángbáixiàn | - Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin |
| 长白镇 | 長白鎮 | Chángbáizhèn | - Changbai township, capital of Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin |
| 长相思 | 長相思 | Chángxiāngsī | - Sauvignon blanc (grape type) |
| 长知识 | 長知識 | zhǎngzhīshi | - to acquire knowledge |
| 长筒袜 | 長筒襪 | chángtǒngwà | - stocking - CL:雙|双[shuang1] |
| 长筒靴 | 長筒靴 | chángtǒngxuē | - Wellington boots - galoshes |
| 长统袜 | 長統襪 | chángtǒngwà | - stockings |
| 长统靴 | 長統靴 | chángtǒngxuē | - long boots (covering feet, legs and lower abdomen) |
| 长老会 | 長老會 | Zhǎnglǎohuì | - Presbyterianism |
| 长耳鸮 | 長耳鴞 | chángěrxiāo | - (Chinese bird species) long-eared owl (Asio otus) |
| 长臂猿 | 長臂猿 | chángbìyuán | - gibbon - Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family) |
| 长兴县 | 長興縣 | Chángxīngxiàn | - Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 长舌妇 | 長舌婦 | chángshéfù | - female gossip - busybody |
| 长草区 | 長草區 | chángcǎoqū | - the rough (golf) |
| 长葛市 | 長葛市 | Chánggěshì | - Changge county level city in Shangqiu 商丘[Shang1 qiu1], Henan |
| 长蛇座 | 長蛇座 | Chángshézuò | - Hydra (constellation) |
| 长蛇阵 | 長蛇陣 | chángshézhèn | - single-line formation (army) - fig. long line |
| 长见识 | 長見識 | zhǎngjiànshi | - to gain knowledge and experience |
| 长角羊 | 長角羊 | chángjiǎoyáng | - Tibetan long horned antelope |
| 长记性 | 長記性 | zhǎngjìxing | - (coll.) to learn one's lesson - to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes |
| 长丰县 | 長豐縣 | Chángfēngxiàn | - Changfeng county in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui |
| 长赘疣 | 長贅疣 | zhǎngzhuìyóu | - to vegetate |
| 长距离 | 長距離 | chángjùlí | - long distance |
| 长途车 | 長途車 | chángtúchē | - long-distance bus - coach |
| 长野县 | 長野縣 | Chángyěxiàn | - Nagano prefecture, Japan |
| 长顺县 | 長順縣 | Chángshùnxiàn | - Changshun county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 长颈瓶 | 長頸瓶 | chángjǐngpíng | - flask |
| 长颈鹿 | 長頸鹿 | chángjǐnglù | - giraffe - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 长颈龙 | 長頸龍 | chángjǐnglóng | - tanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic |
| 长鼻目 | 長鼻目 | chángbímù | - order Proboscidea (elephants and mammoths) |
| 关云长 | 關云長 | GuānYúncháng | - courtesy name of 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] |
| 灵长目 | 靈長目 | língzhǎngmù | - primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc) |
| 灵长类 | 靈長類 | língzhǎnglèi | - primate (monkey, hominid etc) |
| 黄长烨 | 黃長燁 | HuángChángyè | - Hwang Jang-yop (1923-2010), North Korean politician known for defecting to South Korea |
| 一技之长 | 一技之長 | yījìzhīcháng | - proficiency in a particular field (idiom) - skill in a specialized area (idiom) |
| 一无所长 | 一無所長 | yīwúsuǒcháng | - not having any special skill - without any qualifications |
| 三长两短 | 三長兩短 | sānchángliǎngduǎn | - unexpected misfortune - unexpected accident - sudden death |
| 不长眼睛 | 不長眼睛 | bùzhǎngyǎnjing | - see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5] |
| 来日方长 | 來日方長 | láirìfāngcháng | - the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later - We'll cross that bridge when we get there |
| 保长对应 | 保長對應 | bǎochángduìyìng | - (math.) distance-preserving correspondence - isometry |
| 内政部长 | 內政部長 | nèizhèngbùzhǎng | - Minister of the Interior |
| 副秘书长 | 副秘書長 | fùmìshūcháng | - vice-secretary |
| 参谋总长 | 參謀總長 | cānmóuzǒngzhǎng | - army Chief of Staff |
| 取长补短 | 取長補短 | qǔchángbǔduǎn | - lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) - to use this in place of that - what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts |
| 各显所长 | 各顯所長 | gèxiǎnsuǒcháng | - each displays their own strengths (idiom) |
| 啦啦队长 | 啦啦隊長 | lālāduìzhǎng | - cheer leader |
| 国务长官 | 國務長官 | guówùzhǎngguān | - secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage) |
| 国会议长 | 國會議長 | guóhuìyìzhǎng | - chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress |
| 国防部长 | 國防部長 | guófángbùzhǎng | - Defense secretary - Defense Minister |
| 土生土长 | 土生土長 | tǔshēngtǔzhǎng | - locally born and bred - indigenous - home-grown |
| 地久天长 | 地久天長 | dìjiǔtiāncháng | - enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal - for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) - also written 天長地久|天长地久 |
| 寿命不长 | 壽命不長 | shòumìngbùcháng | - one's days are numbered - not to have long to live (often fig.) |
| 外交部长 | 外交部長 | wàijiāobùzhǎng | - minister of foreign affairs |
| 天长地久 | 天長地久 | tiānchángdìjiǔ | - enduring while the world lasts (idiom) - eternal |
| 天长日久 | 天長日久 | tiānchángrìjiǔ | - after a long time (idiom) |
| 好景不长 | 好景不長 | hǎojǐngbùcháng | - a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom) |
| 官房长官 | 官房長官 | guānfángzhǎngguān | - chief cabinet secretary (Japan) |
| 寓意深长 | 寓意深長 | yùyìshēncháng | - to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant |
| 尺短寸长 | 尺短寸長 | chǐduǎncùncháng | - abbr. for 尺有所短，寸有所長|尺有所短，寸有所长[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2] |
| 山高水长 | 山高水長 | shāngāoshuǐcháng | - high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching |
| 库克船长 | 庫克船長 | Kùkèchuánzhǎng | - Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer |
| 弓长岭区 | 弓長嶺區 | Gōngchánglǐngqū | - Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning |
| 弧长参数 | 弧長參數 | húchángcānshù | - parametrization by arc length (of a space curve) |
| 从长计议 | 從長計議 | cōngchángjìyì | - to take one's time making a decision (idiom) - to consider at length |
| 意味深长 | 意味深長 | yìwèishēncháng | - profound - significant - meaningful |
| 截长补短 | 截長補短 | jiéchángbǔduǎn | - take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) - to offset each other's deficiencies - to complement each other |
| 拔苗助长 | 拔苗助長 | bámiáozhùzhǎng | - to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) |
| 排起长队 | 排起長隊 | páiqǐchángduì | - to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting) |
| 扬长而去 | 揚長而去 | yángchángérqù | - to shake one's sleeve and leave (idiom); to turn and leave abruptly |
| 扬长避短 | 揚長避短 | yángchángbìduǎn | - to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) - to play to one's strengths |
| 揠苗助长 | 揠苗助長 | yàmiáozhùzhǎng | - see 拔苗助長|拔苗助长[ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3] |
| 教学相长 | 教學相長 | jiàoxuéxiāngzhǎng | - when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit |
| 教育部长 | 教育部長 | jiàoyùbùzhǎng | - Minister of Education - Director of Education Department |
| 昼短夜长 | 晝短夜長 | zhòuduǎnyècháng | - the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) |
| 气贯长虹 | 氣貫長虹 | qìguànchánghóng | - spirit reaches to the rainbow - full of noble aspiration and daring |
| 没长眼睛 | 沒長眼睛 | méizhǎngyǎnjing | - (coll.) are you blind or something? - look where you're going |
| 法国长棍 | 法國長棍 | Fǎguóchánggùn | - baguette |
| 源远流长 | 源遠流長 | yuányuǎnliúcháng | - lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past - a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then |
| 漫漫长夜 | 漫漫長夜 | mànmànchángyè | - endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering |
| 争长论短 | 爭長論短 | zhēngchánglùnduǎn | - lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble - a storm in a teacup |
| 生长激素 | 生長激素 | shēngzhǎngjīsù | - growth hormone |
| 短中取长 | 短中取長 | duǎnzhōngqǔcháng | - see 短中抽長|短中抽长[duan3 zhong1 chou1 chang2] |
| 短中抽长 | 短中抽長 | duǎnzhōngchōucháng | - to make the best of a bad job - to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) |
| 福寿绵长 | 福壽綿長 | fúshòumiáncháng | - good luck and long life |
| 细水长流 | 細水長流 | xìshuǐchángliú | - lit. thin streams flow forever - fig. economy will get you a long way - to work steadily at something little by little |
| 经济增长 | 經濟增長 | jīngjìzēngzhǎng | - economic growth |
| 总参谋长 | 總參謀長 | zǒngcānmóuzhǎng | - (military) Chief of Staff |
| 总会会长 | 總會會長 | zǒnghuìhuìzhǎng | - president |
| 织田信长 | 織田信長 | ZhītiánXìncháng | - ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan |
| 与世长辞 | 與世長辭 | yǔshìchángcí | - to die - to depart from the world forever |
| 万古长新 | 萬古長新 | wàngǔchángxīn | - to remain forever new (idiom) |
| 万古长青 | 萬古長青 | wàngǔchángqīng | - remain fresh - last forever - eternal |
| 万里长城 | 萬里長城 | WànlǐChángchéng | - the Great Wall |
| 万里长江 | 萬里長江 | WànlǐChángjiāng | - Changjiang river - Yangtze river |
| 蜚短流长 | 蜚短流長 | fēiduǎnliúcháng | - to spread malicious gossip - also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] |
| 行政长官 | 行政長官 | xíngzhèngzhǎngguān | - chief executive - magistrate |
| 亲水长廊 | 親水長廊 | qīnshuǐchángláng | - waterside promenade |
| 词长效应 | 詞長效應 | cíchángxiàoyìng | - word length effect |
| 语重心长 | 語重心長 | yǔzhòngxīncháng | - meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes |
| 说来话长 | 說來話長 | shuōláihuàcháng | - start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly |
| 说长道短 | 說長道短 | shuōchángdàoduǎn | - lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
| 论长道短 | 論長道短 | lùnchángdàoduǎn | - lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
| 财政部长 | 財政部長 | cáizhèngbùzhǎng | - minister of finance (e.g. of PRC) |
| 较短絜长 | 較短絜長 | jiàoduǎnxiécháng | - to compare long and short - to compare the pros and cons |
| 较长絜短 | 較長絜短 | jiàochángxiéduǎn | - to compare long and short - to compare the pros and cons |
| 部长会议 | 部長會議 | bùzhǎnghuìyì | - minister level conference |
| 长吁短叹 | 長吁短嘆 | chángxūduǎntàn | - long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain |
| 长命富贵 | 長命富貴 | chángmìngfùguì | - We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting) |
| 长嘴剑鸻 | 長嘴劍鴴 | chángzuǐjiànhéng | - (Chinese bird species) long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus) |
| 长嘴地鸫 | 長嘴地鶇 | chángzuǐdìdōng | - (Chinese bird species) dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) |
| 长嘴百灵 | 長嘴百靈 | chángzuǐbǎilíng | - (Chinese bird species) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima) |
| 长嘴鹩鹛 | 長嘴鷯鶥 | chángzuǐliáoméi | - (Chinese bird species) long-billed wren-babbler (Rimator malacoptilus) |
| 长城饭店 | 長城飯店 | ChángchéngFàndiàn | - Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登) |
| 长夜漫漫 | 長夜漫漫 | chángyèmànmàn | - endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering |
| 长夜难明 | 長夜難明 | chángyènánmíng | - lit. many nights under a harsh moon - long years of oppression (idiom) |
| 长孙无忌 | 長孫無忌 | ZhǎngsūnWújì | - Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang |
| 长安大学 | 長安大學 | ChángānDàxué | - Chang'an University |
| 长尾地鸫 | 長尾地鶇 | chángwěidìdōng | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) |
| 长尾夜鹰 | 長尾夜鷹 | chángwěiyèyīng | - (Chinese bird species) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) |
| 长尾奇鹛 | 長尾奇鶥 | chángwěiqíméi | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) |
| 长尾朱雀 | 長尾朱雀 | chángwěizhūquè | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) |
| 长尾林鸮 | 長尾林鴞 | chángwěilínxiāo | - (Chinese bird species) Ural owl (Strix uralensis) |
| 长尾贼鸥 | 長尾賊鷗 | chángwěizéiōu | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
| 长尾鹩鹛 | 長尾鷯鶥 | chángwěiliáoméi | - (Chinese bird species) grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus) |
| 长尾鹦鹉 | 長尾鸚鵡 | chángwěiyīngwǔ | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) |
| 长山山脉 | 長山山脈 | Chángshānshānmài | - Truong Son Ra, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos and Kampuchea |
| 长岛冰茶 | 長島冰茶 | Chángdǎobīngchá | - Long Island Iced Tea |
| 长平之战 | 長平之戰 | Chángpíngzhīzhàn | - battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000 |
| 长年累月 | 長年累月 | chángniánlěiyuè | - year in, year out (idiom) - (over) many years |
| 长度单位 | 長度單位 | chángdùdānwèi | - unit of length |
| 长期以来 | 長期以來 | chángqīyǐlái | - ever since a long time ago |
| 长期共存 | 長期共存 | chángqīgòngcún | - long term coexistence |
| 长期饭票 | 長期飯票 | chángqīfànpiào | - (fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life |
| 长柄勺子 | 長柄勺子 | chángbǐngsháozi | - ladle |
| 长荣海运 | 長榮海運 | ChángróngHǎiyùn | - Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan shipping line) |
| 长荣航空 | 長榮航空 | ChángróngHángkōng | - EVA Air |
| 长枪短炮 | 長槍短炮 | chángqiāngduǎnpào | - camera (jocular) |
| 长乐公主 | 長樂公主 | ChánglèGōngzhǔ | - Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3 men2] |
| 长乐未央 | 長樂未央 | chánglèwèiyāng | - endless happiness (idiom) |
| 长江三峡 | 長江三峽 | ChángJiāngSānxiá | - Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu1 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] |
| 长江流域 | 長江流域 | Chángjiāngliúyù | - Changjiang or Yangtze river basin |
| 长治久安 | 長治久安 | chángzhìjiǔān | - long-term peace and stability (of governments) |
| 长生不死 | 長生不死 | chángshēngbùsǐ | - immortality |
| 长生不老 | 長生不老 | chángshēngbùlǎo | - immortality |
| 长生久视 | 長生久視 | chángshēngjiǔshì | - to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom) |
| 长生禄位 | 長生祿位 | chángshēnglùwèi | - tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom) |
| 长篇小说 | 長篇小說 | chángpiānxiǎoshuō | - long novel |
| 长脚秧鸡 | 長腳秧雞 | chángjiǎoyāngjī | - (Chinese bird species) corn crake (Crex crex) |
| 长袖善舞 | 長袖善舞 | chángxiùshànwǔ | - long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation |
| 长话短说 | 長話短說 | chánghuàduǎnshuō | - to make a long story short (idiom) |
| 长足进步 | 長足進步 | chángzújìnbù | - to make rapid progress |
| 长趾滨鹬 | 長趾濱鷸 | chángzhǐbīnyù | - (Chinese bird species) long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) |
| 长辔远驭 | 長轡遠馭 | chángpèiyuǎnyù | - to control from a distance (idiom) |
| 长途汽车 | 長途汽車 | chángtúqìchē | - long-distance coach |
| 长途网路 | 長途網路 | chángtúwǎnglù | - long distance network |
| 长途话费 | 長途話費 | chángtúhuàfèi | - long distance call charge |
| 长途跋涉 | 長途跋涉 | chángtúbáshè | - long and difficult trek |
| 长途电话 | 長途電話 | chángtúdiànhuà | - long-distance call |
| 长风破浪 | 長風破浪 | chángfēngpòlàng | - lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves - to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom) |
| 长点心眼 | 長點心眼 | zhǎngdiǎnxīnyǎn | - to watch out - to keep one's wits about one |
| 防火长城 | 防火長城 | fánghuǒchángchéng | - the Great Firewall of China (Internet censorship) |
| 鞭长莫及 | 鞭長莫及 | biānchángmòjí | - lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence - too far to be able to help |
| 飞短流长 | 飛短流長 | fēiduǎnliúcháng | - to spread malicious gossip |
| 鹰击长空 | 鷹擊長空 | yīngjīchángkōng | - the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong) |
| 黑长尾雉 | 黑長尾雉 | hēichángwěizhì | - (Chinese bird species) mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) |
| 保安局局长 | 保安局局長 | bǎoānjújúzhǎng | - Secretary for Security (Hong Kong) |
| 北长尾山雀 | 北長尾山雀 | běichángwěishānquè | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| 大修道院长 | 大修道院長 | dàxiūdàoyuànzhǎng | - abbot |
| 大长嘴地鸫 | 大長嘴地鶇 | dàchángzuǐdìdōng | - (Chinese bird species) long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola) |
| 年均增长率 | 年均增長率 | niánjūnzēngzhǎnglǜ | - annual rate of growth |
| 男修道院长 | 男修道院長 | nánxiūdàoyuànzhǎng | - abbot |
| 白冠长尾雉 | 白冠長尾雉 | báiguānchángwěizhì | - (Chinese bird species) Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) |
| 白颈长尾雉 | 白頸長尾雉 | báijǐngchángwěizhì | - (Chinese bird species) Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti) |
| 经济增长率 | 經濟增長率 | jīngjìzēngzhǎnglǜ | - economic growth rate |
| 兰郑长管道 | 蘭鄭長管道 | LánZhèngChángguǎndào | - Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 部长级会议 | 部長級會議 | bùzhǎngjíhuìyì | - minister level conference |
| 长嘴捕蛛鸟 | 長嘴捕蛛鳥 | chángzuǐbǔzhūniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) |
| 长嘴钩嘴鹛 | 長嘴鉤嘴鶥 | chángzuǐgōuzuǐméi | - (Chinese bird species) large scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus hypoleucos) |
| 长子的名份 | 長子的名份 | zhǎngzǐdemíngfèn | - birthright |
| 长尾山椒鸟 | 長尾山椒鳥 | chángwěishānjiāoniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) |
| 长尾缝叶莺 | 長尾縫葉鶯 | chángwěiféngyèyīng | - (Chinese bird species) common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) |
| 长尾阔嘴鸟 | 長尾闊嘴鳥 | chángwěikuòzuǐniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) |
| 长度指示符 | 長度指示符 | chángdùzhǐshìfú | - length indicator |
| 长掌义县龙 | 長掌義縣龍 | chángzhǎngYìxiànlóng | - Yixianosaurus longimanus, theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning |
| 长期稳定性 | 長期穩定性 | chángqīwěndìngxìng | - long term stability |
| 长柄大镰刀 | 長柄大鐮刀 | chángbǐngdàliándāo | - scythe |
| 长江三角洲 | 長江三角洲 | ChángJiāngSānjiǎozhōu | - Yangtze River Delta |
| 长白山天池 | 長白山天池 | Chángbáishāntiānchí | - Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic lake in Jilin province |
| 长跑运动员 | 長跑運動員 | chángpǎoyùndòngyuán | - long distance runner |
| 长距离比赛 | 長距離比賽 | chángjùlíbǐsài | - marathon (sports) |
| 阿联酋长国 | 阿聯酋長國 | ĀLiánQiúzhǎngguó | - United Arab Emirates - abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2] |
| 黑冠长臂猿 | 黑冠長臂猿 | hēiguānchángbìyuán | - black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) |
| 黑翅长脚鹬 | 黑翅長腳鷸 | hēichìchángjiǎoyù | - (Chinese bird species) black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) |
| 黑颈长尾雉 | 黑頸長尾雉 | hēijǐngchángwěizhì | - (Chinese bird species) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) |
| 友谊地久天长 | 友誼地久天長 | Yǒuyìdìjiǔtiāncháng | - Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特・伯恩斯|罗伯特・伯恩斯[Luo2 bo2 te4 · Bo2 en1 si1], sung to mark the start of a new year or as a farewell - also rendered 友誼萬歲|友谊万岁[You3 yi4 wan4 sui4] or 友誼天長地久|友谊天长地久[You3 yi4 tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3] |
| 友谊天长地久 | 友誼天長地久 | Yǒuyìtiānchángdìjiǔ | - see 友誼地久天長|友谊地久天长[You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2] |
| 几何级数增长 | 幾何級數增長 | jǐhéjíshùzēngzhǎng | - exponential increase |
| 放长线钓大鱼 | 放長線釣大魚 | fàngchángxiàndiàodàyú | - use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns |
| 棕额长尾山雀 | 棕額長尾山雀 | zōngéchángwěishānquè | - (Chinese bird species) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos) |
| 红头长尾山雀 | 紅頭長尾山雀 | hóngtóuchángwěishānquè | - (Chinese bird species) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus) |
| 蓝额长脚地鸲 | 藍額長腳地鴝 | lánéchángjiǎodìqú | - (Chinese bird species) blue-fronted robin (Cinclidium frontale) |
| 银喉长尾山雀 | 銀喉長尾山雀 | yínhóuchángwěishānquè | - (Chinese bird species) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis) |
| 银脸长尾山雀 | 銀臉長尾山雀 | yínliǎnchángwěishānquè | - (Chinese bird species) sooty bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus) |
| 长三角经济区 | 長三角經濟區 | ChángSānjiǎoJīngjìQū | - Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu) |
| 长痛不如短痛 | 長痛不如短痛 | chángtòngbùrúduǎntòng | - better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony |
| 黑眉长尾山雀 | 黑眉長尾山雀 | hēiméichángwěishānquè | - (Chinese bird species) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti) |
| 不到长城非好汉 | 不到長城非好漢 | bùdàoChángchéngfēihǎohàn | - lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal |
| 吃一堑，长一智 | 吃一塹，長一智 | chīyīqiàn,zhǎngyīzhì | - Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes. |
| 师夷长技以制夷 | 師夷長技以制夷 | shīyíchángjìyǐzhìyí | - "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2] |
| 张家长，李家短 | 張家長，李家短 | Zhāngjiācháng,Lǐjiāduǎn | - lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors |
| 长坂坡七进七出 | 長坂坡七進七出 | chángbǎnpōqījìnqīchū | - famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies |
| 长江后浪催前浪 | 長江後浪催前浪 | ChángJiānghòulàngcuīqiánlàng | - see 長江後浪推前浪|长江后浪推前浪[Chang2 Jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4] |
| 长江后浪推前浪 | 長江後浪推前浪 | ChángJiānghòulàngtuīqiánlàng | - lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) - fig. the new is constantly replacing the old - each new generation excels the previous - (of things) to be constantly evolving |
| 长流水，不断线 | 長流水，不斷線 | chángliúshuǐ,bùduànxiàn | - continuous and patient effort (idiom) |
| 中国长城工业公司 | 中國長城工業公司 | ZhōngguóChángchéngGōngyèGōngsī | - China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) |
| 兰郑长成品油管道 | 蘭鄭長成品油管道 | LánZhèngChángchéngpǐnyóuguǎndào | - Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 长江三角洲经济区 | 長江三角洲經濟區 | Chángjiāngsānjiǎozhōujīngjìqū | - Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu) |
| 长白朝鲜族自治县 | 長白朝鮮族自治縣 | ChángbáiCháoxiǎnzúZìzhìxiàn | - Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山[Bai2 shan1], Jilin |
| 长阳土家族自治县 | 長陽土家族自治縣 | ChángyángTǔjiāzúZìzhìxiàn | - Changyang Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei |
| 阿拉伯联合酋长国 | 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 | ĀlābóLiánhéQiúzhǎngguó | - United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
| 不经一事，不长一智 | 不經一事，不長一智 | bùjīngyīshì,bùzhǎngyīzhì | - You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience |
| 尺有所短，寸有所长 | 尺有所短，寸有所長 | chǐyǒusuǒduǎn,cùnyǒusuǒcháng | - lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) - fig. everyone has their strong and weak points - everything has its advantages and disadvantages |
| 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚 | 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚 | jūnzitǎndàngdàng,xiǎorénchángqīqī | - good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked |
| 春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏 | 春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 | chūnshēng,xiàzhǎng,qiūshōu,dōngcáng | - sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom) |
| 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 | 千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席 | qiānlǐdāchángpéng,méiyǒubùsàndeyànxí | - even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom) |
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