cháng 
		length
long
forever
always
constantly
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhǎng 
		chief
head
elder
to grow
to develop
to increase
to enhance
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàn cháng 
		to be good at
to be expert in
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			cháng qī 
		long term
long time
long range (of a forecast)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jú zhǎng 
		bureau chief
CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dǒng shì zhǎng 
		chairman of the board
chairman
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng shā 
		Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiān cháng dì jiǔ 
		enduring while the world lasts (idiom)
eternal
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng chūn 
		Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yuán yuǎn liú cháng 
		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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiàn cháng 
		to be good at sth
one's forte
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhù zhǎng 
		to encourage
to foster
to foment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cháng chù 
		good aspects
strong points
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fù zēng zhǎng 
		negative growth
economic recession
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng bái 
		Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rǒng cháng 
		long and tedious
redundant
superfluous
supernumerary
verbose (of writing)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tè cháng 
		personal strength
one's special ability or strong points
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù zhǎng 
		head of a (government etc) department
section chief
section head
secretary
minister
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán cháng 
		to prolong
to extend
to delay
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yán cháng 
		Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cháng duǎn 
		length
duration
accident
right and wrong
good and bad
long and short
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhuān cháng 
		specialty
special knowledge or ability
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng 
		locally born and bred
indigenous
home-grown
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēn cháng 
		profound (meaning, implications etc)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiā zhǎng 
		head of a household
family head
patriarch
parent or guardian of a child
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēn cháng 
		height (of person)
length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zǒng zhǎng 
		name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng hǎi 
		Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn 
		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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng zǐ 
		Chángzhì prefecture and county in Shānxī 山西
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhǎng jìn 
		to make progress
progress
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiào zhǎng 
		(college, university) president
headmaster
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cháng jià 
		long vacation
refers to one week national holiday in PRC starting 1st May and 1st Oct
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhǎng sūn 
		two-character surname Zhangsun
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhǎng sūn 
		eldest grandson
the eldest son of one's eldest son
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yōu cháng 
		long
drawn-out
prolonged
lingering
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cháng mián 
		eternal rest (i.e. death)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cháng yè 
		long dark night
fig. long period of misery and oppression