zhàng

Traditional: 丈

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Translation

a measure of length; senior male (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 丈

Examples

Her husband is a doctor.

Husband and wife cook together.

My husband works abroad.

kuài

This piece of cloth is three zhang long.

shùshí

This tree is ten zhang tall.

丈 (zhàng) is an old unit of length and a respectful term for an elder male. Today it survives chiefly in 丈夫 (zhàng fu), husband.

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This word is part of lesson 105.