whereishunter Posted May 20, 2009 at 03:20 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 at 03:20 PM A friend asked me the other day. What its the longest Chinese word? (Ie Number of Characters?) I know that most words are 2 or 3 characters, but other than that I have no idea... I will be interested in seeing what long/large Chinese words are out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 20, 2009 at 03:42 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 at 03:42 PM Your question reminds me of this programme -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjI0EzrT_C8 (from 4:03) which gave us this word - 蘇格蘭場非工業用國際線路16 Valve風油軚垂直升降連鐳射洗衣乾衣腐蝕性氣墊毛筆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted May 20, 2009 at 04:48 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 at 04:48 PM the longest word i can think about is 风马牛不相及 or 迅雷不及掩耳, google returns many socalled longest words or chenyu,but i think its more accurate to call those "sentences" rather than "words". Your question reminds me of this programme -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjI0EzrT_C8 (from 4:03) which gave us this word - Quote: 蘇格蘭場非工業用國際線路16 Valve風油軚垂直升降連鐳射洗衣乾衣腐蝕性氣墊毛筆 omg that guy is really awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterlkj Posted May 21, 2009 at 01:11 AM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 01:11 AM My favourite, from my field is: 如染色质免疫共沉淀芯片技术. To be fair it's not much shorter in English. Anyone care to guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted May 21, 2009 at 01:33 AM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 01:33 AM ChIP? 蘇格蘭場非工業用國際線路16 Valve風油軚垂直升降連鐳射洗衣乾衣腐蝕性氣墊毛筆 OK You know what? This is pointless, because people can just make up words as long as they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 21, 2009 at 04:32 AM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 04:32 AM This is pointless, because people can just make up words as long as they want. It made people laugh and everyone enjoyed it. That was the point. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted May 21, 2009 at 04:38 AM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 04:38 AM Alright, so what's the longest Chinese word, in a dictionary, that isn't a proper noun. I'll start the bidding at 7 characters, with 经济技术开发区。 Arguments about whether that's actually a word or not are also welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atitarev Posted May 21, 2009 at 05:08 AM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 05:08 AM Imo, it's a compound word or word combination but since there are no spaces, it's hard to tell for sure. Well, in German, neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig (nineteen (hundred) ninety-nine) is written with no spaces but not sure if it's one word. Your word is not atomic enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugubert Posted May 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM I'm too lazy to look for an example, but I suppose that the complete chemical names for proteins could be argued to be "words" and might run into several pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Horhe Posted May 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM And there I go thinking that 小儿麻痹症 is one of the longest words in Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 21, 2009 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 01:11 PM How about ... 大慈大悲觀世音菩薩 (aka 觀音)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted May 21, 2009 at 03:39 PM Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 at 03:39 PM I'd say 大慈大悲 is a kind of prefix modifying 觀世音菩薩. (But then, it's not easy to say what a word is ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLaTang Posted February 9, 2012 at 05:58 PM Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 at 05:58 PM 中苏解决悬案大纲 协定 Zhōng Sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China that is the longest word ive come accross...coming in at a whopping 10 characters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertR Posted February 10, 2012 at 12:32 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 at 12:32 PM In 朗道词典 I found this one: 六羟基硬脂酸８，９，１１，１２，１４，１５－六羟基十八烷酸 Meaning: hexahydroxy-stearic acid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lee Posted February 10, 2012 at 03:29 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 at 03:29 PM 中华人民共和国中央人民政府 I think it's long enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted February 10, 2012 at 06:15 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 at 06:15 PM In 朗道词典 I found this one: 六羟基硬脂酸８，９，１１，１２，１４，１５－六羟基十八烷酸 Meaning: hexahydroxy-stearic acid Ehm, those are two renditions of the same thing (or rather one is a name of specific member of a family, the other is the name of that group). The first is hexahydroxystearic acid (with 'stearic acid' being equivalent to '硬脂酸'); the second is 8,9,11,12,14,15-hexahydroxyoctadecanoic acid (with the '-anoic acid' root being equivalent to '烷酸'). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yialanliu Posted March 6, 2012 at 08:35 AM Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 at 08:35 AM 中华人民共和国中央人民政府 That's a proper noun thoughIn 朗道词典 I found this one: 六羟基硬脂酸８，９，１１，１２，１４，１５－六羟基十八烷酸 I don't think this counts either if I was the one judging. It might not be a proper noun, but it is a scientific name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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