张

zhāng

HSK 3

张 — zhāng

1. to open up; to spread; to stretch out

   请把地图张开。 qǐng bǎ dìtú zhāngkāi — Please spread the map open.

2. sheet; piece (of paper)

   请给我一张纸。 qǐng gěi wǒ yīzhāng zhǐ — Please give me a sheet of paper.

3. classifier for flat objects (e.g. paper, tickets, tables); also used with votes

   他投了一张票。 tā tóu le yīzhāng piào — He cast a vote (one ballot).

4. Zhang (common Chinese surname)

   张老师是我们学校的数学老师。 zhānglǎoshī shì wǒmen xuéxiào de shùxuélǎoshī — Teacher Zhang is the math teacher at our school.