zhāng

张

for flat things

HSK 2.0 · 2 HSK 3.0 · 3
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Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 张

紧张 jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up HSK 3
主张 zhǔ zhāng to advocate; to stand for HSK 3
夸张 kuā zhāng to exaggerate; overstated HSK 7–9
扩张 kuò zhāng expansion; dilation HSK 7–9
开张 kāi zhāng to open a business; first transaction of a business day HSK 7–9
张扬 Zhāng Yáng Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter HSK 7–9
慌张 huāng zhāng flustered; agitated HSK 7–9
张贴 zhāng tiē to post (a notice); to advertise HSK 7–9
伸张 shēn zhāng to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote HSK 7–9
东张西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around HSK 7–9
张灯结彩 zhāng dēng jié cǎi to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我姓张。这是我的家人,我给你介绍一下。 My surname is Zhang. This is my family — let me introduce them. Lesson 13
  • 我想买两张船票。 I'd like to buy two boat tickets. Lesson 16
  • 船票不贵,一张五十块钱,我买了两张。 The boat tickets weren't expensive — fifty kuai each; I bought two. 坐船去玩
  • 我正在给妹妹写一张生日卡。 I'm writing a birthday card for my sister. 妹妹的生日
  • 老师:这是我们的新同学,她叫张小月。 Teacher: This is our new classmate. Her name is Zhang Xiaoyue. 新同学
  • 他的老师是张老师,张老师很好。 His teacher is Teacher Zhang. Teacher Zhang is very nice. 我的朋友

Character facts

Radical
弓 bow; curved, arched
Parts
弓 + 长
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
張
Unicode
U+5F20

Pictophonetic: bow