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zhàng
  1. 1.measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
  2. 2.to measure
  3. 3.husband
  4. 4.polite appellation for an older male

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  1. 1.A unit of measurement.
  2. 2.The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (尺)
  3. 3.The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 ¹/₃ meters.
  4. 4.The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 ¹/₃₃ meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
  5. 5.The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.
  6. 6.to survey (land); to measure
  7. 7.gentleman; man; husband

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 十 (“ten”) + 又 (“hand”) – ten chi (尺) is one zhang (丈). Similar but unrelated to 支. ;"gentleman, older man, husband" ;"unit of measurement"

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