丈 - zhàng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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丈

zhàng

Definition

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
to measure
husband
polite appellation for an older male

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

杖

zhàng

a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)

仗

zhàng

weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle

吏

lì

minor government official (old); functionary (old)

粀

zhàng

decameter (old)

Related words (19)

丈人

zhàng rén

wife's father (father-in-law); old man

husband

wife's mother; mother-in-law

丈量

zhàng liáng

to measure; measurement

丈母娘

zhàng mǔ niáng

wife's mother; mother-in-law; same as 丈母

万丈

wàn zhàng

(lit.) ten thousand fathoms; (fig.) extremely high or deep; lofty; bottomless

decameter

older sister's husband

姐丈

jiě zhàng

older sister's husband; brother-in-law

姑丈

gū zhàng

uncle; husband of paternal aunt

姨丈

yí zhàng

mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister

岳丈

yuè zhàng

father-in-law (wife's father)

teacher's husband

(formal) Sir

uncle; wife's uncle

aunt; wife's aunt

a manly man; a man of character

火冒三丈

huǒ mào sān zhàng

to get really angry

男子汉大丈夫

nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu

(coll.) he-man

Idioms (3)

一落千丈

yī luò qiān zhàng

(lit.) to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); (fig.) (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive

无毒不丈夫

wú dú bù zhàng fu

no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.

万丈高楼平地起

wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow

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