长长 (cháng cháng) — to lengthen, to grow longer

Definition

A verb (the reduplicated form of 长 cháng) meaning 'grow longer / lengthen' — used for things that stretch over time, like days, hair, or shadows.

verb

to lengthento grow longer

，长长。
Xià tiān dào le, bái tiān kāi shǐ cháng cháng le.
Summer has come, and the days start to lengthen.
长长，。
Wǒ de tóu fa cháng cháng le hěn duō, yào jiǎn yí xià.
My hair has grown a lot longer; I need to cut it a bit.
长长。
Tā de hú zi màn màn cháng cháng le.
His beard slowly grew longer.

Reduplicated word

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重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

The doubled 长 stresses length, giving the sense of growing longer.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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