Tāmen zhōngyú zài màncháng de tǎolùn zhīhòu déchū le yí ge jìhuà.
After a long discussion, they finally came up with a plan.
Sentence #1394796 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 漫长 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
漫mànfree
氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
曼long · mànSound part
氵 hints at the meaning (water); 曼 (màn) hints at the sound. Compare it with màn.
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).
How to write 漫长
漫 14 strokes · 长 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 漫长 (màncháng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
漫长 (màncháng) means “very long” or “endless”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it màncháng: màn with a 4th tone, then cháng 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, 漫长 is written 漫長. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type manchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 漫长 from the suggestions. Typing manchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
漫长 is an HSK 6 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.
漫màn4th tone, falling
长cháng2nd tone, rising
