Chinese symbol for “lengthy”
长篇
cháng piān
Traditional: 長篇
lengthy (report or speech)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lengthy is 长篇 (cháng piān), defined as: lengthy (report or speech).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 长篇.
| 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 |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page |
| 短篇小说 (短篇小說) | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | short story |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lengthy”.
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.
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