张 (zhāng) — classifier for flat objects; to open; to stretch; surname Zhang.
Real origin: Bow 弓 + 长 cháng for the sound: stretch the bow wide open.
Example sentences with 张:
- 我要一张纸。 — Wǒ yào yì zhāng zhǐ. — I need a sheet of paper.
- 小狗张开了嘴。 — Xiǎo gǒu zhāng kāi le zuǐ. — The puppy opened its mouth.
- 我买了两张电影票。 — Wǒ mǎi le liǎng zhāng diàn yǐng piào. — I bought two movie tickets.
- 小鸟张开翅膀，飞向了蓝天。 — Xiǎo niǎo zhāng kāi chì bǎng, fēi xiàng le lán tiān. — The little bird spread its wings and flew up into the blue sky.
- 打印机没纸了，你能再帮我拿几张吗？ — Dǎ yìn jī méi zhǐ le, nǐ néng zài bāng wǒ ná jǐ zhāng ma? — The printer is out of paper. Could you get me a few more sheets?
- 听到这个消息，他惊讶地张大了嘴，好半天都没说话。 — Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā jīng yà de zhāng dà le zuǐ, hǎo bàn tiān dōu méi shuō huà. — When he heard the news, he opened his mouth wide in surprise and didn't say a word for a long while.
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