Nothing is more boring than a long-distance coach trip.
Sentence #13949957 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 长途 is built
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长chánglong
长 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 長, drawn from a person with long hair: long (cháng), and to grow (zhǎng).
途túway
余surplus · yúSound part
辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part
辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 余 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with tú.
How to write 长途
长 4 strokes · 途 10 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 长途 (chángtú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
长途 (chángtú) means “long distance” or “long-distance phone call (abbr. for 长途电话)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chángtú: cháng with a 2nd tone, then tú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 长途 is written 長途. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changtu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 长途 from the suggestions. Typing changtu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
长途 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
长cháng2nd tone, rising
