Chinese symbol for “expedition”
长征
cháng zhēng
Traditional: 長征
expedition; long journey
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expedition is 长征 (cháng zhēng), defined as: expedition; long journey.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “expedition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 征战 (征戰) | zhēng zhàn | campaign; expedition |
| 征 | zhēng | journey; trip |
| 征程 | zhēng chéng | journey; expedition |
| 科考队 (科考隊) | kē kǎo duì | scientific exploration team; expedition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 长征.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 成长 (成長) | chéng zhǎng | to mature; to grow |
| 市长 (市長) | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 家长 (家長) | jiā zhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 特征 (特徵) | tè zhēng | characteristic; diagnostic property |
| 象征 (象徵) | xiàng zhēng | symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “expedition”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.