Question about the Chinese pinyin for “长?”
I’ve learned the Chinese pinyin for “长” is “chánɡ,” for example I can say “长谈 long talk.” But my classmate said the Chinese pinyin is “zhǎng，” I don’t whether he is right.

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长, like many other characters in Mandarin, has more than one pronunciation. 
normally when its alone, it is pronounced as cháng :
她的头发真长！(tā de tóufa zhēn cháng) Her hair is really long!

When 得de is placed after it, it is said as zhǎngde and the meaning changes to 'looks'. 
i.e.: 她长得很可爱-tā zhǎngde hěn kě aì -She looks very cute.

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Both are right,:the following are from my chinese dictionary~

长（zhǎng）：1、adj ①older (“年长”)
                                ②"leader"("班长"：monitor) 
                                ③higer rank in a family or a group ("师长"：a respect form of address for teacher)
                      2、verb ①grow("生长")  ②increase(“长进”)

长（chánɡ）：1、adj ① long distance or long time (“路很长”) 
                       2、noun ①length(“长度”) ②first name(姓“长”)
                      3、good at doing sth:长于画画

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The pronounciation of chánɡ is the adj. and zhǎng is the verb.

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长-long hair(original meaning)
chánɡ：related to long(long, length etc)
zhǎng：related to the length of age(old, elder, grow etc)
you can refer to the dictionary here.
http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE9Zdic95ZdicBF.htm

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your classmate ni right  长 is have two means  one is 长(zhǎng)高 other is 路很长(chánɡ)  such as in English bright has many mens ..... I hope this can help you

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