| 长 | cháng | length; long; forever; always; constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance |
| 长期 | cháng qī | long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) |
| 长度 | cháng dù | length |
| 长江 | Cháng Jiāng | Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang |
| 长途 | cháng tú | long distance |
| 长短 | cháng duǎn | length; duration; accident; right and wrong; good and bad; long and short |
| 长安 | Cháng ān | Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝; now 长安区 district of Xi'an |
| 长沙 | Cháng shā | Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 长征 | cháng zhēng | expedition; long march; the Communist Long March (1934-1935) |
| 长远 | cháng yuǎn | long-term; long-range |
| 长方形 | cháng fāng xíng | rectangle |
| 长久 | cháng jiǔ | (for a) long time |
| 长官 | zhǎng guān | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位; sir (term of address for senior officer) |
| 长城 | Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 长处 | cháng chù | good aspects; strong points |
| 长春 | Cháng chūn | Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
| 长方体 | cháng fāng tǐ | cuboid |
| 长跑 | cháng pǎo | long-distance running |
| 长篇小说 | cháng piān xiǎo shuō | long novel |
| 长子 | zhǎng zǐ | eldest son; Zhangzi county in Shanxi 山西 |
| 长年 | cháng nián | all the year round |
| 长石 | cháng shí | stone beam; horizontal slab of stone; feldspar or felspar (geology) |
| 长距离 | cháng jù lí | long distance |
| 长生 | cháng shēng | long life |
| 长白山 | Cháng bái shān | Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology |
| 长寿 | cháng shòu | longevity; ability to live long; long lived; Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 长顺 | Cháng shùn | Changshun county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou |
| 长枪 | cháng qiāng | pike; CL:支 |
| 长期共存 | cháng qī gòng cún | long term coexistence |
| 长治 | Cháng zhì | Changzhi prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西; Changchih township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 长发 | cháng fà | long hair |
| 长叹 | cháng tàn | long sigh; deep sigh |
| 长袍 | cháng páo | gown; CL:件 |
| 长相 | zhǎng xiàng | appearance; looks; profile; countenance |
| 长诗 | cháng shī | long poem |
| 长辈 | zhǎng bèi | one's elders; older generation |
| 长夜 | cháng yè | long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression |
| 长衫 | cháng shān | long gown; cheongsam; traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao |
| 长途电话 | cháng tú diàn huà | long-distance call |
| 长孙 | zhǎng sūn | eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son; two-character surname Zhangsun |
| 长宁 | Cháng níng | Changning County in Yibin 宜宾, Sichuan; Changning District in Shanghai |
| 长老 | zhǎng lǎo | elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk |
| 长存 | cháng cún | to exist forever |
| 长乐 | Cháng lè | Changle county level city in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian; Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土门 |
| 长海 | Cháng hǎi | Changhai county in Dalian 大连, Liaoning |
| 长进 | zhǎng jìn | to make progress; progress |
| 长虹 | Cháng hóng | Changhong (brand) |
| 长江三峡 | cháng jiāng sān xiá | Three Gorges |
