张 zhāng in a sentence
Open (extend - look - mw for flat things)
张 (zhāng) means Open (extend - look - mw for flat things). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
桌子上有一 张 地图。
Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yì zhāng dìtú.
There is a map on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 张
这 张 画是他画的。
Zhè zhāng huà shì tā huà de.
This painting was done by him.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 画
医生让他 张 开嘴。
Yīshēng ràng tā zhāngkāi zuǐ.
The doctor asked him to open his mouth.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 嘴
这 张 照片是去年照的。
Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn shì qùnián zhào de.
This photo was taken last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 照片
From the graded readers
到了那里以后，我还是很紧 张 。
dàole nàli yǐhòu, wǒ háishì hěn jǐnzhāng.
Even so, I was nervous when I got there.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
她给了我一 张 纸，上面写着五样东西。
tā gěile wǒ yī zhāng zhǐ, shàngmian xiězhe wǔ yàng dōngxī.
She gave me a piece of paper with five things written on it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
房间里有一 张 床、一 张 桌子和两把椅子。
fángjiān lǐ yǒu yī zhāng chuáng, yī zhāng zhuōzi hé liǎng bǎ yǐ zǐ.
In the room there's a bed, a desk and two chairs.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
我还买了几 张 照片，把它们放在了墙上。
wǒ hái / huán mǎile jǐ / jī zhāng zhàopiàn, bǎ tāmen fàng zài le / liǎo / liào qiáng shàng.
I also bought a few photos and put them on the wall.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
我把那 张 纸拿出来一看——我真的忘了。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi zhāng zhǐ náchū lái yī kàn / kān—— wǒ zhēnde wàngle.
I pulled out the list and looked — I really had forgotten it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我走上台，看着下面那么多 张 脸，脑子忽然一片空白。
wǒ zǒushang tái, kànzhe xiàmian nàme duō zhāng liǎn, nǎozi hūrán yīpiàn kòngbái.
I walked on stage, looked at all those faces, and my mind went blank.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
整理旧东西的时候，我在一本书里发现了一 张 老照片。
zhěnglǐ jiù dōngxī de / dì shíhou, wǒ zài yī běnshū lǐ fāxiànle yī zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn.
While sorting out old things I found an old photograph inside a book.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
重要的是我知道了：紧 张 不可怕，可怕的是因为紧 张 就不上台。
zhòngyào de / dì shì wǒ zhīdào le / liǎo / liào: jǐnzhāng bùkě pà, kěpà de / dì shì yīnwèi jǐnzhāng jiù bù shàngtái.
What mattered was learning that nerves aren't the problem — not going on stage because of them is.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
然后我做了一件我自己都没想到的事：我笑着说，“对不起，我太紧 张 了，我们重新开始。”
ránhòu wǒ zuòle yíjiàn wǒ zìjǐ dōu méi xiǎngdào de / dì shì: wǒ xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō," duìbuqǐ, wǒ tài jǐnzhāng le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen chóngxīn kāishǐ."
Then I did something I hadn't expected of myself: I smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm too nervous — let's start again."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the travel phrasebook
这 张 票不能改签了。
Zhè zhāng piào bù néng gǎiqiān le.
This ticket can no longer be changed.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
我要一 张 去上海的票。
Wǒ yào yì zhāng qù Shànghǎi de piào.
One ticket to Shanghai, please.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
请给我一 张 纸。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng zhǐ.
Please give me a sheet of paper.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
Words that contain 张
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 张
How is 张 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 张 (zhāng, "Open (extend - look - mw for flat things)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 张 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 张 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 张 an HSK word?
Yes — 张 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 张?
The dictionary page for 张 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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