(zhāng) - (measure word for flat objects), to open, to spread, a surname in Mandarin
zhāngTraditional: 張
Translation
(measure word for flat objects), to open, to spread, a surname
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound of 弓 (gōng, bow) and 长 (cháng, long, phonetic), originally meaning to draw a bow, hence to stretch open.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 弓 (gōng, bow) + 长 (cháng, phonetic)
Stroke order
张
Examples
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Give me a sheet of paper.
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There are two photographs on the table.
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He bought a cinema ticket.
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Please open your mouth.
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Mr Zhang is my teacher.
张 (zhāng) is most often a measure word for flat objects such as paper, tickets, and tables, and as a verb means to open or spread. It is also one of the most common Chinese surnames.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 张.
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