横 héng

across

HSK 6 #1330

DEFINITIONS

横 héng
  • horizontal
  • across
  • crosswise
  • horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  • to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  • to cross (a river, etc)
  • in a jumble
  • chaotic
  • (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  • violent
横 hèng
  • harsh and unreasonable
  • unexpected

STROKES

横 stroke order diagram
横 stroke order animation

WORDS

纵横 zòng héng
HSK 6
lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
才华横溢 cái huá héng yì brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
横穿 héng chuān to cross; to traverse
专横 zhuān hèng imperious; peremptory
横扫 héng sǎo to sweep away; to sweep across
横梁 héng liáng beam
横行 héng xíng to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck
横跨 héng kuà to span; to stretch across; to travel across
横向 héng xiàng horizontal; orthogonal; perpendicular; lateral; crosswise
横幅 héng fú horizontal scroll; banner; streamer
横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping; to barge; to charge around violently
横财 hèng cái easy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains; undeserved fortune; illegal profit
蛮横 mán hèng rude and unreasonable
横滨 héng bīn Yokohama, Japan
横渡 héng dù to cross (a body of water)
人行横道 rén xíng héng dào pedestrian crossing
横流 héng liú to overflow; transverse flow; to flow over; cross flow
横线 héng xiàn horizontal line; horizontal coordinate line
横膈膜 héng gé mó diaphragm; also written 橫隔膜|横隔膜[heng2 ge2 mo2]
横截面 héng jié miàn cross-section
横竖 héng shu anyway
发横财 fā hèng cái to make easy money; to make a fortune; to line one's pockets
妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng endlessly interesting (idiom); very witty
横纹肌 héng wén jī striated muscle
横贯 héng guàn horizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally
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