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HSK 2 - Easy
7 strokes
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张 (張)

zhāng

Definition

classifier (for flat objects, votes)
两张票，谢谢。

Two tickets, please.
measure word
一张纸

A sheet of paper
sheet (of paper)
张网

To spread a net
to open up
to spread

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

to rise (of prices, rivers)

to swell; to distend

Related words (55)

tension

to gape; to yawn; to open one's mouth; to start speaking; to talk carelessly; to talk out of place

to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape

to open up; to spread; to extend

tension and relaxation

to be troubled; to be concerned

to publicize; to make known; to show off

to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)

to look around; to peep (through a crack); to peer at; to throw a look at

brash; insolent; frantic

alarmed; flustered

to open one's eyes wide

to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)

to post (a notice); to advertise

tensor (math.)

to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion

recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish

to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote

rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive

to make public; to disclose

to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; extreme; ridiculous

to open a business; first transaction of a business day

confused; flustered

expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden

(lit.) to restring one's bow; to reform and start over again

nervous; tense; keyed up; intense; strained; tight; in short supply

paper

to relax and expand; (physiology) diastole

ostentation; extravagance

xiū dào zhāng

abbot

chí zhāng rè

remittent fever

shū zhāng yā

diastolic blood pressure

qī zuǐ bā zhāng

see 七嘴八舌

bù shì zhāng yáng

quietly; without ostentation

zuò zhāng zuò zhì

see 做张做智

dān zhāng huì piào

sola bill of exchange (international trade)

xiāo zhāng qì yàn

overweening attitude; threatening manner

xiāo zhāng bá hù

arrogant and despotic

dà zhāng qí gǔ

with great fanfare

shī zhāng shī zhì

out of one's mind

nǚ xiū dào zhāng

abbess

huāng huāng zhāng zhāng

helter-skelter

míng mù zhāng dǎn

openly and without fear; brazenly

hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng

seafloor spreading (geology)

jǐn zhāng zhuàng tài

tense situation; stand-off

jǐn zhāng huǎn hé

detente

xū zhāng shēng shì

(false) bravado; to bluff

biǎo miàn zhāng lì

surface tension

jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng

opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis

guò dù jǐn zhāng

hypertension; excessive stress

jìng mài qū zhāng

varicose veins

心脏舒张压

xīn zàng shū zhāng yā

diastolic blood pressure

海底扩张说

hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng shuō

theory of seafloor spreading (geology)

血清张力素

xuè qīng zhāng lì sù

serotonin

创伤后心理压力紧张综合症

chuāng shāng hòu xīn lǐ yā lì jǐn zhāng zōng hé zhèng

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Idioms (13)

zhāng kǒu jié shé

agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless

zhāng dēng jié cǎi

to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)

zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo

to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures

zhāng huáng shī cuò

panic-stricken (idiom); to be in a flustered state; also written panic-stricken (idiom); to be in a flustered state; also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4]

dōng zhāng xī wàng

to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

zuò zhāng zuò shì

to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics

zuò zhāng zuò zhì

to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics

jiàn bá nǔ zhāng

(lit.) with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn

dà zhāng shēng shì

to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity

dà zhāng tà fá

to launch an all-out attack (idiom); to roundly condemn; to castigate

gāng jǔ mù zhāng

if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom); take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves; (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered

zì zuò zhǔ zhāng

to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative

pū zhāng làng fèi

extravagance and waste (idiom)

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