WordTaiwan frequency #19,854
長頸鹿
ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄨˋ
“giraffe; large African mammal with very long neck and legs, yellowish coat with reddish-brown spots”
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長
ㄓㄤˇ
long; length; elder; chief; leader; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance; to be good at; surplus; spare
頸
ㄐㄧㄥˇ
The part of the body connecting the head and torso; the back of the neck; the narrow part of a container below the opening.
鹿
ㄌㄨˋ
Deer; a square granary; metaphor for imperial throne or political power; a surname; a radical in Chinese dictionaries.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 市長ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇmayor; the elected or appointed head of a city's municipal government.
- 成長ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇto grow; to mature; growth (physical, mental, or economic)
- 長期ㄔㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊlong-term; for a protracted period; over an extended time
- 校長ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄤˇhead of a school; principal; president of a university or college; (archaic) military unit leader; (Han dynasty) tomb-guard official
- 家長ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄤˇparent or guardian of a child; family head; patriarch; (archaic) husband; (archaic) master (addressed by servants); (archaic) boat owner
- 縣長ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇcounty magistrate; elected head of a county government
- 董事長ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇchairman of the board of directors; the top executive who presides over the board and leads company operations.
- 長大ㄓㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋto grow up; to mature; to become an adult; (of a person) to grow physically; to develop into an adult
- 理事長ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇchairman of a board of directors; head of a council or association; presiding officer elected by standing directors to represent the board and exercise its authority
- 長輩ㄓㄤˇ ㄅㄟˋone's elders; older generation; people of higher seniority or older age; older relatives or senior members (in family or society)
- 里長ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇvillage chief; head of a li (village-level administrative unit) in Taiwan, between neighborhood leader and township/district mayor.
- 院長ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇuniversity president; college dean; chair of a board; premier of the Republic of China