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加长 (jiā cháng) — lengthen

Definition

verb
lengthen

Examples

  • 加长。
    Zhè tiáo qún zi xū yào jiā cháng yì diǎn.
    This skirt needs to be lengthened a bit.
  • 加长。
    Tā men jué dìng bǎ zhè tiáo lù jiā cháng.
    They decided to lengthen this road.
  • 加长。
    Zhè ge shè jì bǎ yuán lái de yī fu jiā cháng le liǎng lí mǐ.
    This design lengthened the original clothes by two centimeters.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

加jiāadd
长chánglong

加 (“add”) and 长 (“long”) combine to mean add length, i.e. lengthen.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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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.

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