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Meaning of 张

Pinyin zhāng

Radical

弓

Strokes

Definition

(a measure word) / (a surname) / open up

Usage

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张 zhāng [Verb] 1. 开，展开 (to open; to unfold). Example: 张开 (to open); 张目 (to open one's eyes). 2. 商店开业 (to open a store). Example: 开张 (to inaugurate a business). 3. 拉紧 (to pull tight). Example: 紧张 (to tighten). 4. 扩大，夸大 (to enlarge; to exaggerate). Example: 夸张 (exaggeration). 5. 放纵，无拘束 (to indulge; to be uninhibited). Example: 乖张 (to be unruly). 6. 料理，应酬 (to entertain; to manage). Example: 张罗 (to arrange things). 7. 惊惶，慌忙 (to panic; to be flustered). Example: 张皇失措 (to be in a state of confusion). 8. 看，望 (to look; to gaze). Example: 张望 (to look around). 9. 星名，二十八宿之一 (a star name, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy). 10. 量词 (measure word). Example: 一张纸 (one sheet of paper). 11. 姓 (a surname). 张 zhāng [Noun] 1. 主張 (a proposal). Example: 主张 (to advocate). 2. 商店開张 (opening of a new shop). Example: 新张 (newly opened). 3. 星名 (star name), one of the twenty-eight mansions, specifically the fifth star of the southern group of seven stars. 4. 汉代諸侯国名 (a state in the Han dynasty), located in what is now southwest Ren County, Henan Province. 5. 姓 (a surname). 张 zhāng [Measure Word] 1. 一种或一类中的一件 (a piece; a sheet). Example: 三张桌子 (three tables). 2. 另见 zhàng (see also "zhàng"). 张 zhàng [Noun] 通 “帐” (canopy; curtain). 张 zhàng [Verb] 1. 通 “胀” (to swell). Example: 胀满 (to be bloated). 2. 另见 zhāng (see also "zhāng").

嚣张 xiāo zhāng

rampant / unbridled / arrogant / aggressive

嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn

overweening attitude / threatening manner

气焰嚣张 qì yàn xiāo zhāng

swollen with arrogance / behave with unbearable insolence

夸张 kuā zhāng

to exaggerate / overstated / exaggerated / hyperbole / (coll.) excessive / ridiculous / outrageous

张耀坤 zhāng yào kūn

Zhang Yaokun

千张 qiān zhāng

a kind of dried pieces of bean curd

张居正 Zhāng Jū zhèng

Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee

张岱年 zhāng dài nián

Zhang Dainian

角弓反张 jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng

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

一张一弛 yī zhāng yī chí

One by one

有张有弛 yǒu zhāng yǒu chí

Zhang You Chi

紧张 jǐn zhāng

nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4]

一张 yī zhāng

a sheet of

扩张 kuò zhāng

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

两张 liǎng zhāng

two pieces of / two sheets of

张湾区 Zhāng wān qū

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei

小张 xiǎo zhāng

Xiao Zhang

纸张 zhǐ zhāng

paper

几张 jǐ zhāng

several pieces / some pieces

张智华 zhāng zhì huá

Zhang Zhihua

慌张 huāng zhāng

confused / flustered

改弦更张 gǎi xián gēng zhāng

change over to new ways / make a fresh start

剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng

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

张惶失措 zhāng huáng shī cuò

Zhang panic

慌慌张张 huāng huāng zhāng zhāng

helter-skelter

慌里慌张 huāng lǐ huāng zhāng

higgledy-piggledy / in a hurried and confused manner -- all in a fluster / lose one's head

张掖 Zhāng yè

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

扩张主义 kuò zhāng zhǔ yì

expansionism

张掖市 Zhāng yè shì

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

金张掖 jīn zhāng yē

Jin Zhangye

张皇失措 zhāng huáng shī cuò

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

大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ

with great fanfare

铺张浪费 pū zhāng làng fèi

extravagance and waste (idiom)

张澜 zhāng lán

Zhang Lan

张自烈 Zhāng Zì liè

Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]

伸张 shēn zhāng

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

张佑才 zhāng yòu cái

Zhang Youcai

大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá

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

张牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo

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

乖张 guāi zhāng

recalcitrant / unreasonable / peevish

翕张 xī zhāng

Ji Zhang

张鼎丞 zhāng dǐng chéng

Zhang Dingcheng

主张 zhǔ zhāng

to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4]

张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé

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

舒张 shū zhāng

to relax and expand / (physiology) diastole

虚张声势 xū zhāng shēng shì

(false) bravado / to bluff