Word information
Simplified绵长
Traditional綿長
Pinyinmián cháng
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Chinese word dictionary
绵长
mián cháng · long and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive; prolonged
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long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
校长xiàozhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
队长duìzhǎngcaptain; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
院长yuànzhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China; CL:個|个[ge4]
增长zēngzhǎngto grow; to increase