长城/長城 Cháng chéng — the Great Wall

Meanings

1. 1

   the Great Wall

   the Great Wall

   proper noun

Character breakdown

• 长/長

  cháng (second tone, rising) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)

  (cháng) long; length; (zhǎng) to grow, to develop; elder, senior; the head of an organisation

  4 strokesRadical 長
• 城

  chéng (second tone, rising)

  a city wall; a walled city; a city, a town

  9 strokes⿰土成Radical 土

Words containing 长

• 长/長zhǎng (third tone, dipping)long (in space or in time)
• 长/長cháng (second tone, rising)length
• 校长/校長xiàozhǎng (fourth tone, falling)headteacher, principal, university president
• 增长/增長zēng (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to grow
• 长江/長江Cháng (second tone, rising) Jiāng (first tone, high and level)Yangtze River

Words containing 城

• 城市chéngshì (second tone, rising)city, town