冗
长

Long and tedious in Chinese: 冗长 (rǒng cháng)

rǒng cháng

long and tedious

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 冗長1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1long and tedious
  2. 2redundant
  3. 3superfluous
  4. 4supernumerary
  5. 5verbose (of writing)

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冗
长

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ㄖㄨㄥˇ

rǒng

ㄖ/ rㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄤˊ

cháng

ㄔ/ chㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

冗长

Simplified

冗長

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这篇文章太冗长，应该删掉一些。

    zhè piān wén zhāng tài rǒng cháng， yīng gāi shān diào yì xiē。

    This article is too long-winded and should have some parts cut.

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成长

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to mature

延长

yán cháng

to prolong

长途

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班长

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class monitor

队长

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captain

家长

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head of a household

市长

shì zhǎng

mayor

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