丈
word C2- measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
- to measure
- husband
- polite appellation for an older male
Words with it
- 丈夫 zhàng fu husband
- 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother
- 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man
- 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang
- 丈量 zhàng liáng to measure
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall
- 万丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms
- 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt
- 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband
- 火冒三丈 huǒ mào sān zhàng to get really angry
From the library
大家立刻都赞成，和开船时候一样踊跃，三四人径奔船尾，拔了篙，点退几丈，回转船头，架起橹，骂着老旦，又向那松柏林前进了。
三人用远镜凝神细看，原来船身长有二十三、四丈，原是只很大的船。
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