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張

zhāng

stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae

Strokes
11
Radical
弓
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Tone
1

Simplified form: 张

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 张, the simplified form of 張. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我也紧张。

    Wǒ yě jǐn zhāng

    I was nervous, too.

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  • 我有点紧张。

    Wǒ yǒu diǎn jǐn zhāng

    I was a little bit nervous.

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  • 小张人不错!

    Xiǎo zhāng rén bù cuò

    Little Zhang is a good guy!

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  • 我太紧张了。

    Wǒ tài jǐn zhāng le

    I'm too nervous.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 张

  • 张zhāng 1to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
  • 紧张jǐn zhāng 3–1 nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
  • 主张zhǔ zhāng 3–1 to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion
  • 慌张huāng zhāng 1–1 flustered; agitated
  • 扩张kuò zhāng 4–1 expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
  • 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàng 1–1–1–4to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
  • 夸张kuā zhāng 1–1 to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
  • 开张kāi zhāng 1–1 to open a business; first transaction of a business day
  • 张扬zhāng yáng 1–2 to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public; to spread around; flamboyant; brash
  • 张贴zhāng tiē 1–1 to post (a notice); to advertise
  • 伸张shēn zhāng 1–1 to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
  • 张灯结彩zhāng dēng jié cǎi 1–1–2–3to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)