长 (cháng): long

Meanings

Zhè tiáo lù hěn cháng.

This road is very long.

Tā de tóufa hěn cháng.

Her hair is very long.

Chángchéng yǒu duō cháng?

How long is the Great Wall?

mistakes

长 has two pronunciations: cháng (long) and zhǎng (to grow; chief/leader). Context determines which one.

culture

长城 (Chángchéng, the Great Wall) literally means 'long wall'. It stretches over 20,000 km.

不到长城非好汉 Bú dào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn

One who has not reached the Great Wall is not a true hero

Famous saying by Mao Zedong, now a popular proverb

长 cháng