zhāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to open up
  2. 2. to spread
  3. 3. sheet of paper
  4. 4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
  5. 5. classifier for votes

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Words Containing 张

主张
zhǔ zhāng

to advocate

伸张
shēn zhāng

to promote

张扬
zhāng yáng

Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter

张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi

to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)

张贴
zhāng tiē

to post (a notice)

慌张
huāng zhāng

flustered

扩张
kuò zhāng

expansion

东张西望
dōng zhāng xī wàng

to look in all directions (idiom)

紧张
jǐn zhāng

nervous

夸张
kuā zhāng

to exaggerate

开张
kāi zhāng

to open a business

七嘴八张
qī zuǐ bā zhāng

see 七嘴八舌[qī zuǐ bā shé]

不事张扬
bù shì zhāng yáng

quietly

乖张
guāi zhāng

recalcitrant

做张做势
zuò zhāng zuò shì

to put on an act (idiom); to pose

做张做智
zuò zhāng zuò zhì

to put on an act (idiom); to pose

做张做致
zuò zhāng zuò zhì

see 做張做智|做张做智[zuò zhāng zuò zhì]

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)

剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng

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

十三张
shí sān zhāng

Chinese poker

单张
dān zhāng

flyer

单张汇票
dān zhāng huì piào

sola bill of exchange (international trade)

嚣张
xiāo zhāng

rampant

嚣张气焰
xiāo zhāng qì yàn

overweening attitude

嚣张跋扈
xiāo zhāng bá hù

arrogant and despotic

大张挞伐
dà zhāng tà fá

to launch an all-out attack (idiom)

大张旗鼓
dà zhāng qí gǔ

with great fanfare

大张声势
dà zhāng shēng shì

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

失张失智
shī zhāng shī zhì

out of one's mind

尾张国
wěi zhāng guó

Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya

弛张热
chí zhāng rè

remittent fever

张三
zhāng sān

John Doe

张三李四
zhāng sān lǐ sì

Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom)

张三,李四,王五,赵六
zhāng sān , lǐ sì , wáng wǔ , zhào liù

four proverbial names

张丹
zhāng dān

Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater

张之洞
zhāng zhī dòng

Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing

张二鸿
zhāng èr hóng

Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[zhāng róng] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[yě tiān é] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi]

张伯伦
zhāng bó lún

Chamberlain (name)

张作霖
zhāng zuò lín

Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928

张僧繇
zhāng sēng yóu

Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

张仪
zhāng yí

Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

张冠李戴
zhāng guān lǐ dài

lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head

张力
zhāng lì

tension

张勋
zhāng xūn

Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[pǔ yí] to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[zhāng xūn fù bì]

张勋复辟
zhāng xūn fù bì

Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[zhāng xūn] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[pǔ yí] to the throne

张北
zhāng běi

Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei

张北县
zhāng běi xiàn

Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei

张口
zhāng kǒu

to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc)

张口结舌
zhāng kǒu jié shé

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

张嘴
zhāng zuǐ

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

张国荣
zhāng guó róng

Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor

张国焘
zhāng guó tāo

Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938

张大千
zhāng dà qiān

Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century

张天翼
zhāng tiān yì

Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[bǎo hú lu de mì mì]

张太雷
zhāng tài léi

Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party

张学友
zhāng xué yǒu

Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star

张学良
zhāng xué liáng

Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army

张家口
zhāng jiā kǒu

Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei

张家口地区
zhāng jiā kǒu dì qū

Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei

张家口市
zhāng jiā kǒu shì

Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei

张家川回族自治县
zhāng jiā chuān huí zú zì zhì xiàn

Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu

张家港
zhāng jiā gǎng

Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[sū zhōu], Jiangsu

张家港市
zhāng jiā gǎng shì

Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[sū zhōu], Jiangsu

张家界
zhāng jiā jiè

Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸[dà yōng]

张家界市
zhāng jiā jiè shì

Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan

张家长,李家短
zhāng jiā cháng , lǐ jiā duǎn

lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

张宝
zhāng bǎo

Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[hàn cháo]

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
zhāng dài

Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar

张店
zhāng diàn

Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[zī bó shì], Shandong

张店区
zhāng diàn qū

Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[zī bó shì], Shandong

张廷玉
zhāng tíng yù

Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[míng shǐ] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[kāng xī zì diǎn]

张弛
zhāng chí

tension and relaxation

张德江
zhāng dé jiāng

Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician

张心
zhāng xīn

to be troubled

张志新
zhāng zhì xīn

Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

张怡
zhāng yí

Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing

张惠妹
zhāng huì mèi

A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer

张爱玲
zhāng ài líng

Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist

张戎
zhāng róng

Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[zhāng èr hóng], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[yě tiān é] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi]

张成泽
zhāng chéng zé

Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[jīn zhèng rì], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[jīn zhèng ēn], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed

张掖
zhāng yè

Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu

张掖地区
zhāng yè dì qū

Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[zhāng yè shì] (district in Gansu)

张掖市
zhāng yè shì

Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu

张挂
zhāng guà

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

张揖
zhāng yī

Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[zhì ràng], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[guǎng yǎ] and several lost works

张择端
zhāng zé duān

Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter

张敞
zhāng chǎng

Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty

张斌
zhāng bīn

Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter

张旭
zhāng xù

Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书

张易之
zhāng yì zhī

Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[wǔ zé tiān]

张春帆
zhāng chūn fān

Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟

张春桥
zhāng chūn qiáo

Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four

张曼玉
zhāng màn yù

Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress

张望
zhāng wàng

to look around

张柏芝
zhāng bó zhī

Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer

张治中
zhāng zhì zhōng

Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general

张溥
zhāng pǔ

Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社[fù shè] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[wǔ rén mù bēi jì]

张湾
zhāng wān

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[shí yàn shì], Hubei

张湾区
zhāng wān qū

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[shí yàn shì], Hubei

张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo

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

张狂
zhāng kuáng

brash

张献忠
zhāng xiàn zhōng

Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt

张王李赵
zhāng wáng lǐ zhào

anyone

张皇
zhāng huáng

alarmed

张皇失措
zhāng huáng shī cuò

panic-stricken (idiom)

张目
zhāng mù

to open one's eyes wide

张秋
zhāng qiū

Cho Chang (Harry Potter)

张籍
zhāng jí

Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet

张纯如
zhāng chún rú

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张罗
zhāng luo
张闻天
zhāng wén tiān

Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist

张自忠
zhāng zì zhōng

Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War

张自烈
zhāng zì liè

Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[zhèng zì tōng]

张若虚
zhāng ruò xū

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

张华
zhāng huá

Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician

张荫桓
zhāng yìn huán

Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat

张艺谋
zhāng yì móu

Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director

张衡
zhāng héng

Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician

张角
zhāng jué

Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han

张量
zhāng liàng

tensor (math.)

张开
zhāng kāi

to open up

张震
zhāng zhèn

Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor

张静初
zhāng jìng chū

Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress

张韶涵
zhāng sháo hán

Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress

张飞
zhāng fēi

Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine

张飞打岳飞
zhāng fēi dǎ yuè fēi

lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei

张骞
zhāng qiān

Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC

张高丽
zhāng gāo lì

Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician

心脏舒张压
xīn zàng shū zhāng yā

diastolic blood pressure

明目张胆
míng mù zhāng dǎn

openly and without fear

更张
gēng zhāng

lit. to restring one's bow

死了张屠夫,不吃混毛猪
sǐ le zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū

lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)

海底扩张
hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng

seafloor spreading (geology)

海底扩张说
hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng shuō

theory of seafloor spreading (geology)

精索静脉曲张
jīng suǒ jìng mài qū zhāng

varicocele (medicine)

纸张
zhǐ zhāng

paper

纲举目张
gāng jǔ mù zhāng

if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom)

紧张状态
jǐn zhāng zhuàng tài

tense situation

紧张缓和
jǐn zhāng huǎn hé

detente

声张
shēng zhāng

to make public

自作主张
zì zuò zhǔ zhāng

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

舒张
shū zhāng

to relax and expand

舒张压
shū zhāng yā

diastolic blood pressure

虚张声势
xū zhāng shēng shì

(false) bravado

血清张力素
xuè qīng zhāng lì sù

serotonin

血脉偾张
xuè mài fèn zhāng

lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom)

表面张力
biǎo miàn zhāng lì

surface tension

角弓反张
jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng

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

过度紧张
guò dù jǐn zhāng

hypertension

铺张
pū zhāng

ostentation

铺张浪费
pū zhāng làng fèi

extravagance and waste (idiom)

关张
guān zhāng

(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business

静脉曲张
jìng mài qū zhāng

varicose veins