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zhāng
张
📄Essential
HSK 2

📗 Beginner — frequent in early HSK exams

Meaning

Classifier for flat, thin objects: paper, tickets, tables, photos, faces.

🏮 Cultural Story

中文 Chinese

最常用量词之一！纸、桌子、照片、脸——平的薄的都用"张"。有趣的是"张"也是大姓之一（约1亿人姓张）！"三张纸"可能是three sheets也可能是three people named Zhang。"张"原意"张开/展开"，天然适合描述能展开的东西。嘴巴"张"开就是张的动作！

English

**张 (zhāng)** — one of the most common classifiers! Paper, table, photo, face — flat/thin = 张. Also a common surname (~100 million Zhangs)! Originally meant "to spread/open."

🎯 张 = flat and thin.

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Flat and thin? 张 it is! Paper, tickets, tables, even faces use 张.

Examples

一张纸
yī zhāng zhǐ
one piece of paper
两张票
liǎng zhāng piào
two tickets
一张桌子
yī zhāng zhuō zi
one table

Common Nouns Used With

纸zhǐpaper
票piàoticket
桌子zhuō zitable
照片zhào piànphoto
画huàpainting / picture
脸liǎnface
地图dì túmap

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📄HSK 2
张
zhāng

Classifier for flat, thin objects: paper, tickets, tables, photos, faces.

一张纸
yī zhāng zhǐ
one piece of paper
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