冗长

冗長

rǒngcháng

adjective HSK 7 #18,392

Meanings

Zhè piān wénzhāng tài rǒngcháng le, xūyào shānjiǎn.

This article is too lengthy and needs to be trimmed.

Tā de yǎnjiǎng rǒngcháng wúwèi, hěn duō rén dōu zǒu le.

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

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