长 cháng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 长 — long, lasting
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
长期
chángqī
long-term; for a long time
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他长期住这里。 Tā cháng qī zhù zhè lǐ. He lives here for a long time.
- 长期学习很重要。 Cháng qī xué xí hěn zhòng yào. Long-term study is very important.
- 这是长期计划。 Zhè shì cháng qī jì huà. This is a long-term plan.