长达

長達

chángdá

verb HSK 7 #66,051

Meanings

1 to extend as long as
2 lasting as long as
3 up to (a length/duration)

Characters

to reach; to extend to

Examples

这场雨持续了长达三天。

Zhè chǎng yǔ chíxù le chángdá sān tiān.

The rain lasted for as long as three days.

他写了一篇长达两万字的论文。

Tā xiě le yì piān chángdá liǎng wàn zì de lùnwén.

He wrote a paper of up to 20,000 words.

修建这条铁路长达十年之久。

Xiūjiàn zhè tiáo tiělù chángdá shí nián zhī jiǔ.

Building this railway took as long as ten years.

Tips

grammar

长达 is always followed by a number + measure word indicating length or duration. It emphasizes that something is surprisingly long: 长达三个小时 (as long as three hours), 长达500公里 (extending up to 500 km). The opposite is 短至.

Stroke Order

长 cháng

达 dá