HSK 3 · Common Objects

张 zhāng “mw for flat objects” in Chinese

Traditional 張

What 张 means

  1. mw for flat objects
  2. to spread out
  3. to open up
  4. to spread
  5. sheet of paper
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for flat objects, sheet
  • classifier for votes

How to say 张

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale张zhāng1st tone, high and level

张 in a sentence

  1. 这张照片在哪儿照的？

    Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn zài nǎr zhào de?

    Where was this picture taken?

    Sentence #4887725 from Tatoeba

  2. 请给我一张街道地图好吗？

    Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng jiēdào dìtú hǎo ma?

    Could you give me a street map, please?

    Sentence #461684 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她有张圆脸。

    Tā yǒu zhāng yuán liǎn.

    She has a round face.

    Sentence #336434 from Tatoeba

How 张 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.

The character 张 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
张zhāngto open up
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 长long · chángSound part

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 长 (cháng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhāng.

How to write 张

张 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

张 (zhāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 张 (zhāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 张

Words with 张

紧张jǐnzhāng · nervous主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate夸张kuāzhāng · to exaggerate慌张huāngzhāng · flustered扩张kuòzhāng · to expand东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

More words: Everyday Things

位wèi · position习惯xíguàn · habit信用卡xìnyòngkǎ · credit card元yuán · Chinese monetary unit照片zhàopiàn · picture照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera只zhī · measure word for animals (a cat种zhǒng · kind

FAQs

张 (zhāng) means “mw for flat objects” or “to spread out”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zhāng: zhāng with a 1st 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, 张 is written 張. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 张 from the suggestions. Typing zhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
张 is an HSK 3 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.