冗长

冗長

rǒngcháng

adjective HSK 7-9 #18,392

Meanings

这篇文章太冗长了，需要删减。

Zhè piān wénzhāng tài rǒngcháng le, xūyào shān jiǎn.

This article is too lengthy and needs to be trimmed.

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.

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