張 (zoeng1) — look in Cantonese

zoengˉ¹張

简张

Mandarin Pinyin: zhang1

Meaning of 張

nounlook

nountense; strained

noundisplay; set out; show up

nounmagnify; exaggerate

nounstretch; open; spread

nounclassifier for objects that are flat (paper, ticket, table) or stretchable (bow, mouth)

noun(verb) open (month)

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Example Sentences with 張

我每次考試都好緊張。

I am nervous every time I take a test.

mˎ₄唔goiˉ¹該neiˏ₅你bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我coeng˗₃暢saanˊ²散zoengˉ¹張jatˉ¹一baak˗₃百manˉ¹文ziˊ²紙

Would you give me change for the hundred-dollar note?

唔該,幫我影張相!

Can you help me take a photo, please.

我唔理個房幾細, 求其有張床就得喇

I don't mind how small the room is as long as there is a bed inside.

佢胃唔好痛到喺張床度捵嚟捵去

He has gastritis; it hurts so much that he tosses and turns on his bed.

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Words Containing 張

張本zoeng1 bun2

an anticipatory action; a hint foreshadowing later development in a story; an anticipatory remark

張口zoeng1 hau2

yawn, open mouth; talk carelessly or out of place

靜脈曲張zing6 mak6 kuk1 zoeng1

phlebeurysma; varicosity; varix

誇張kwaa1 zoeng1

to exaggerate, to overstate

東張西望dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6

look in every direction; glance this way and that; gaze/peer around

Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong (大庸)

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