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张

zhāng

HSK 2 Character Traditional 張

What 张 means

1. to open up
2. to spread
3. sheet of paper
4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
5. classifier for votes

Other readings

张 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhāngsurname Zhang

Example sentences

• 别紧张。
  Take it easy.
• 把嘴张开！
  Bǎ zuǐ zhāngkāi!
  Open your mouth!
• 张开眼睛。
  Open your eyes.
• 你紧张吗？
  Are you nervous?
• 我也紧张。
  I was nervous, too.
• 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
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• 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