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张
zhāng
张 (zhāng) means "to open; to spread; sheet (classifier for flat objects)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 张 means
- to open up
- to spread
- sheet of paper
- classifier for flat objects, sheet
- classifier for votes
How 张 is used in grammar
张 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, measure words (名量词).
Other readings
Example sentences
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别紧张。Take it easy.
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把嘴张开！Bǎ zuǐ zhāngkāi!Open your mouth!
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张开眼睛。Open your eyes.
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你紧张吗？Are you nervous?
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我也紧张。I was nervous, too.
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我有三张票。I have three tickets.
Words starting with 张
- 张开zhāng kāito open up; to spread; to extend
- 张望zhāng wàngto look around; to peep (through a crack); to peer at
- 张贴zhāng tiēto post (a notice); to advertise
- 张扬zhāng yángto display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public
- 张艺谋Zhāng Yì móuZhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
- 张嘴zhāng zuǐto open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape
- 张爱玲Zhāng Ài língEileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
- 张国荣Zhāng Guó róngLeslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
- 张三Zhāng SānZhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 张三; (dialect) wolf
- 张口zhāng kǒuto open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking…
- 张罗zhāng luoto take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
- 张柏芝Zhāng Bó zhīCecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
- 张力zhāng lìtension
- 张学良Zhāng Xué liángZhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the…
- 张飞Zhāng FēiZhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three…
- 张曼玉Zhāng Màn yùMaggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
- 张春桥Zhāng Chūn qiáoZhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
- 张宁Zhāng NíngZhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
- 张牙舞爪zhāng yá wǔ zhǎoto bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
- 张学友Zhāng Xué yǒuJacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
- 张惠妹Zhāng Huì mèiA-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
- 张华Zhāng HuáZhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician…
- 张国焘Zhāng Guó tāoZhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to…
- 张震Zhāng ZhènChang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
Words containing 张
- 紧张jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up; intense
- 主张zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for; view
- 慌张huāng zhāngflustered; agitated
- 扩张kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence)
- 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngto look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
- 夸张kuā zhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole
- 开张kāi zhāngto open a business; first transaction of a business day
- 纸张zhǐ zhāngpaper
- 嚣张xiāo zhāngrampant; unbridled; arrogant
- 明目张胆míng mù zhāng dǎnopenly and without fear; brazenly
- 伸张shēn zhāngto uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
- 声张shēng zhāngto make public; to disclose
- 大张旗鼓dà zhāng qí gǔ(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
- 自作主张zì zuò zhǔ zhāng(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
- 虚张声势xū zhāng shēng shì(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength
- 铺张pū zhāngostentation; extravagance
- 剑拔弩张jiàn bá nǔ zhānglit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility…
- 单张dān zhāngflyer; leaflet; single-sheet (map etc)
- 更张gēng zhānglit. to restring one's bow; to reform and start over again
- 样张yàng zhāng(printing) proof; specimen page; sample photograph; (fashion design) pattern sheet
- 关张guān zhāng(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business
- 性张力xìng zhāng lìsexual tension
- 做张做势zuò zhāng zuò shìto put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation…
- 大张声势dà zhāng shēng shìto spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
Characters built on 长
These share the phonetic component 长 (cháng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 帐zhàng(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
- 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt
- 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
- 怅chàngregretful; upset; despairing; depressed
- 伥chāng(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
- 苌chángplant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit…
Characters that look like 张
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
- 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt
- 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
- 拇mǔthumb; big toe
- 侏zhūdwarf
- 狒fèihamadryad baboon
Sounds the same
Read zhāng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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- 彰clear; conspicuous; manifest
- 璋jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
- 樟camphor; Cinnamonum camphara
- 蟑used in 蟑螂
- 漳Zhang river in Fujian
- 獐river deer; roebuck
- 嫜husband's father
- 鄣place name
- 暲bright; to rise (of sun)
- 粻food; white cooked rice
- 𫠒octopus
Where 张 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Numbers and Measure Words (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 14 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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