pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
张
張
zhang1
surname Zhang
张
張
zhang1
to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
strokes
11
radical
strokes after radical
8
表面张力
表面張力
biao3 mian4 zhang1 li4
surface tension
不事张扬
不事張揚
bu4 shi4 zhang1 yang2
quietly; without ostentation
弛张热
弛張熱
chi2 zhang1 re4
remittent fever
创伤后心理压力紧张综合症
創傷後心理壓力緊張綜合症
chuang1 shang1 hou4 xin1 li3 ya1 li4 jin3 zhang1 zong1 he2 zheng4
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
大张旗鼓
大張旗鼓
da4 zhang1 qi2 gu3
with great fanfare
大张声势
大張聲勢
da4 zhang1 sheng1 shi4
to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
大张挞伐
大張撻伐
da4 zhang1 ta4 fa2
to launch an all-out attack (idiom); to roundly condemn; to castigate
单张
單張
dan1 zhang1
flyer; leaflet; single-sheet (map etc)
单张汇票
單張匯票
dan1 zhang1 hui4 piao4
sola bill of exchange (international trade)
东张西望
東張西望
dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4
to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
纲举目张
綱舉目張
gang1 ju3 mu4 zhang1
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom); take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves; (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
更张
更張
geng1 zhang1
lit. to restring one's bow; to reform and start over again
乖张
乖張
guai1 zhang1
recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish
过度紧张
過度緊張
guo4 du4 jin3 zhang1
hypertension; excessive stress
海底扩张
海底擴張
hai3 di3 kuo4 zhang1
seafloor spreading (geology)
海底扩张说
海底擴張說
hai3 di3 kuo4 zhang1 shuo1
theory of seafloor spreading (geology)
慌慌张张
慌慌張張
huang1 huang1 zhang1 zhang1
helter-skelter
慌张
慌張
huang1 zhang1
confused; flustered
剑拔弩张
劍拔弩張
jian4 ba2 nu3 zhang1
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
角弓反张
角弓反張
jiao3 gong1 fan3 zhang1
opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
紧张
緊張
jin3 zhang1
nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
紧张缓和
緊張緩和
jin3 zhang1 huan3 he2
detente
紧张状态
緊張狀態
jin3 zhang1 zhuang4 tai4
tense situation; standoff
静脉曲张
靜脈曲張
jing4 mai4 qu1 zhang1
varicose veins
开张
開張
kai1 zhang1
to open a business; first transaction of a business day
夸张
誇張
kua1 zhang1
to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; extreme; ridiculous
扩张
擴張
kuo4 zhang1
expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
明目张胆
明目張膽
ming2 mu4 zhang1 dan3
openly and without fear; brazenly
女修道张
女修道張
nv3 xiu1 dao4 zhang1
abbess
铺张
鋪張
pu1 zhang1
ostentation; extravagance
铺张浪费
鋪張浪費
pu1 zhang1 lang4 fei4
extravagance and waste (idiom)
七嘴八张
七嘴八張
qi1 zui3 ba1 zhang1
see 七嘴八舌
伸张
伸張
shen1 zhang1
to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
声张
聲張
sheng1 zhang1
to make public; to disclose
失张失智
失張失智
shi1 zhang1 shi1 zhi4
out of one's mind
十三张
十三張
shi2 san1 zhang1
Chinese poker
舒张
舒張
shu1 zhang1
to relax and expand; (physiology) diastole
舒张压
舒張壓
shu1 zhang1 ya1
diastolic blood pressure
尾张国
尾張國
wei3 zhang1 guo2
Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya
嚣张
囂張
xiao1 zhang1
rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive
嚣张跋扈
囂張跋扈
xiao1 zhang1 ba2 hu4
arrogant and despotic
嚣张气焰
囂張氣焰
xiao1 zhang1 qi4 yan4
overweening attitude; threatening manner
心脏舒张压
心臟舒張壓
xin1 zang4 shu1 zhang1 ya1
diastolic blood pressure
虚张声势
虛張聲勢
xu1 zhang1 sheng1 shi4
(false) bravado; to bluff
血脉偾张
血脈僨張
xue4 mai4 fen4 zhang1
lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom); fig. one's blood runs quicker; to be excited
血清张力素
血清張力素
xue4 qing1 zhang1 li4 su4
serotonin
张爱玲
張愛玲
zhang1 ai4 ling2
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
张宝
張寶
zhang1 bao3
Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝
张北
張北
zhang1 bei3
Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
张北县
張北縣
zhang1 bei3 xian4
Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
张斌
張斌
zhang1 bin1
Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter
张伯伦
張伯倫
zhang1 bo2 lun2
Chamberlain (name); Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
张柏芝
張柏芝
zhang1 bo2 zhi1
Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
张敞
張敞
zhang1 chang2
Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
张成泽
張成澤
zhang1 cheng2 ze2
Jang Seong-taek or Chang Sŏngt'aek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日, uncle and regent of Kim Jong-un 金正恩
张弛
張弛
zhang1 chi2
tension and relaxation
张春帆
張春帆
zhang1 chun1 fan1
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
张春桥
張春橋
zhang1 chun1 qiao2
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
张纯如
張純如
zhang1 chun2 ru2
Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing
张大千
張大千
zhang1 da4 qian1
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
张岱
張岱
zhang1 dai4
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
张丹
張丹
zhang1 dan1
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
张德江
張德江
zhang1 de2 jiang1
Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
张灯结彩
張燈結彩
zhang1 deng1 jie2 cai3
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
张店
張店
zhang1 dian4
Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong
张店区
張店區
zhang1 dian4 qu1
Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong
张二鸿
張二鴻
zhang1 er4 hong2
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 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
张飞
張飛
zhang1 fei1
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
張飛打岳飛
zhang1 fei1 da3 yue4 fei1
lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei; fig. an impossible combination; an impossible turn of events (idiom)
张高丽
張高麗
zhang1 gao1 li4
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
张挂
張掛
zhang1 gua4
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
张冠李戴
張冠李戴
zhang1 guan1 li3 dai4
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom); to confuse one thing with another
张国荣
張國榮
zhang1 guo2 rong2
Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
张国焘
張國燾
zhang1 guo2 tao1
Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
张衡
張衡
zhang1 heng2
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
张华
張華
zhang1 hua4
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
张惶
張惶
zhang1 huang2
variant of 張皇|张皇
张皇
張皇
zhang1 huang2
alarmed; flustered
张皇失措
張皇失措
zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4
panic-stricken (idiom); to be in a flustered state; also written 張惶失措|张惶失措
张惠妹
張惠妹
zhang1 hui4 mei4
A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
张籍
張籍
zhang1 ji2
Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
张家长，李家短
張家長，李家短
zhang1 jia1 chang2 - li3 jia1 duan3
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
张家川回族自治县
張家川回族自治縣
zhang1 jia1 chuan1 hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu
张家港
張家港
zhang1 jia1 gang3
Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州, Jiangsu
张家港市
張家港市
zhang1 jia1 gang3 shi4
Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州, Jiangsu
张家界
張家界
zhang1 jia1 jie4
Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸
张家界市
張家界市
zhang1 jia1 jie4 shi4
Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan
张家口
張家口
zhang1 jia1 kou3
Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei
张家口地区
張家口地區
zhang1 jia1 kou3 di4 qu1
Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei
张家口市
張家口市
zhang1 jia1 kou3 shi4
Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei
张静初
張靜初
zhang1 jing4 chu1
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
张居正
張居正
zhang1 ju1 zheng4
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
张角
張角
zhang1 jue2
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
张开
張開
zhang1 kai1
to open up; to spread; to extend
张口
張口
zhang1 kou3
to gape; to yawn; to open one's mouth; to start speaking; to talk carelessly; to talk out of place
张口结舌
張口結舌
zhang1 kou3 jie2 she2
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless
张狂
張狂
zhang1 kuang2
brash; insolent; frantic
张力
張力
zhang1 li4
tension
张量
張量
zhang1 liang4
tensor (math.)
张罗
張羅
zhang1 luo5
to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
张曼玉
張曼玉
zhang1 man4 yu4
Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
张目
張目
zhang1 mu4
to open one's eyes wide
张宁
張寧
zhang1 ning2
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
张溥
張溥
zhang1 pu3
Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社 cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记
张骞
張騫
zhang1 qian1
Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
张秋
張秋
zhang1 qiu1
Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
张戎
張戎
zhang1 rong2
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 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
张若虚
張若虛
zhang1 ruo4 xu1
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
张三
張三
zhang1 san1
John Doe; Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
张三，李四，王五，赵六
張三，李四，王五，趙六
zhang1 san1 - li3 si4 - wang2 wu3 - zhao4 liu4
four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry
张三李四
張三李四
zhang1 san1 li3 si4
Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat; Tom, Dick and Harry
张僧繇
張僧繇
zhang1 seng1 you2
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家
张韶涵
張韶涵
zhang1 shao2 han2
Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
张太雷
張太雷
zhang1 tai4 lei2
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
张天翼
張天翼
zhang1 tian1 yi4
Zhang Tian'yi (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
张贴
張貼
zhang1 tie1
to post (a notice); to advertise
张廷玉
張廷玉
zhang1 ting2 yu4
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典
张湾
張灣
zhang1 wan1
Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei
张湾区
張灣區
zhang1 wan1 qu1
Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei
张王李赵
張王李趙
zhang1 wang2 li3 zhao4
anyone; Mr Average; any Tom, Dick or Harry
张望
張望
zhang1 wang4
to look around; to peep (through a crack); to peer at; to throw a look at
张闻天
張聞天
zhang1 wen2 tian1
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
张献忠
張獻忠
zhang1 xian4 zhong1
Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
张心
張心
zhang1 xin1
to be troubled; to be concerned
张旭
張旭
zhang1 xu4
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
张学良
張學良
zhang1 xue2 liang2
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
张学友
張學友
zhang1 xue2 you3
Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), cantopop and film star
张牙舞爪
張牙舞爪
zhang1 ya2 wu3 zhao3
to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
张扬
張揚
zhang1 yang2
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
张扬
張揚
zhang1 yang2
to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public; to spread around; flamboyant; brash
张掖
張掖
zhang1 ye4
Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu
张掖地区
張掖地區
zhang1 ye4 di4 qu1
Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term); Zhangye prefecture level city 張掖市|张掖市 (district in Gansu)
张掖市
張掖市
zhang1 ye4 shi4
Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu
张揖
張揖
zhang1 yi1
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅 and several lost works
张仪
張儀
zhang1 yi2
Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
张怡
張怡
zhang1 yi2
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
张怡宁
張怡寧
zhang1 yi2 ning2
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
张艺谋
張藝謀
zhang1 yi4 mou2
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
张易之
張易之
zhang1 yi4 zhi1
Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
张荫桓
張蔭桓
zhang1 yin4 huan2
Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
张择端
張擇端
zhang1 ze2 duan1
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
张震
張震
zhang1 zhen4
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
张之洞
張之洞
zhang1 zhi1 dong4
Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
张志新
張志新
zhang1 zhi4 xin1
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gan
张治中
張治中
zhang1 zhi4 zhong1
Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
张自烈
張自烈
zhang1 zi4 lie4
Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通
张自忠
張自忠
zhang1 zi4 zhong1
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
张嘴
張嘴
zhang1 zui3
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape
张作霖
張作霖
zhang1 zuo4 lin2
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
纸张
紙張
zhi3 zhang1
paper
主张
主張
zhu3 zhang1
to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion
自作主张
自作主張
zi4 zuo4 zhu3 zhang1
to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative
做张做势
做張做勢
zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 shi4
to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics
做张做智
做張做智
zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4
to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics
做张做致
做張做致
zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4
see 做張做智|做张做智