冗长

冗長

rǒngcháng

adjective HSK 7-9 #18,392

Meanings

HSK 4

他的演讲冗长无味，很多人都走了。

Tā de yǎnjiǎng rǒngcháng wúwèi, hěnduō rén dōu zǒu le.

His speech was tediously long and dull; many people left.

HSK 7-9

这篇文章太冗长了，需要删减。

Zhè piān wénzhāng tài rǒngcháng le, xūyào shānjiǎn.

This article is too lengthy and needs to be trimmed.

usage

冗长 is always negative - it implies something is not just long but unnecessarily so. Use it for speeches, articles, meetings, or procedures.

冗 rǒng

长 cháng