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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *張* | 張* | *張
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
to post (a notice) / to advertise
HSK 7-9
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
HSK 7-9
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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  *張* | 張* | *張
surname Zhang
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
to open up / to spread / to extend
tension
Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong
Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape
Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei
to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
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 / (dialect) wolf
to take care of / to raise money / to attend to (guests, customers etc)
Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
alarmed / flustered
Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
brash / insolent / frantic
Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong
Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei
Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu
panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措
to open one's eyes wide
Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州, Jiangsu
any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
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
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
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
A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
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)
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪 to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟
Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress
Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
tension and relaxation
Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
to be troubled / to be concerned
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
variant of 張皇|张皇
Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of "The Rape of Nanking"
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
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
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社 cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
tensor (math.)
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
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
Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋 to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪 to the throne
Zhang Tianyi (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
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州, Jiangsu
lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
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
Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日, uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩, in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed
Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist

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