Meaning
(a measure word); (a surname); open up
Chinese: 展开、陈设；也作量词和姓氏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhang” becomes a different word in each tone. 张 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 紧张jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up; intense; tense
- 主张zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for; view; position
- 慌张huāng zhāngflustered; agitated
- 夸张kuā zhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole
- 扩张kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
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Example Sentence
请给我一张纸。Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng zhǐ.Please give me a piece of paper.
请Qǐngto ask给gěito我wǒI一yìone张zhāngto open up纸zhǐpaper (CL:张,沓)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
弓 (bow) plus 长 (long, sound): to draw a bow to its full length — ‘to open, stretch, spread out; to put up, set out; the measure word for flat things (一张纸); a common surname’ (张开, 一张, 紧张). Simplified from 張.
A way to remember it
To draw a bow open — to stretch; the measure word for flat things (一张).