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横

héng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 橫

What 横 means

1. horizontal
2. across
3. crosswise
4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
6. to cross (a river, etc)
7. in a jumble
8. chaotic
9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
10. violent

Other readings

横 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hèngharsh and unreasonable; unexpected

Example sentences

• 她住在横滨。
  She lives in Yokohama.
• 我住在横滨。
  I live in Yokohama.
• 他才华横溢。
  He’s overflowing.
• 你横穿马路要小心。
  You must be careful of the traffic when you cross the street.
• 我妹妹住在横滨附近。
  Wǒ mèimei zhù zài Héngbīn fùjìn.
  My sister lives near Yokohama.
• 火车什么时候到横滨？
  Huǒchē shénme shíhou dào Héngbīn?
  What time will the train get to Yokohama?

Words starting with 横

• 横幅héng fúhorizontal scroll; banner; streamer
• 横行héng xíngto go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck
• 横向héng xiànghorizontal; orthogonal; perpendicular
• 横跨héng kuàto span; to stretch across; to travel across
• 横扫héng sǎoto sweep away; to sweep across
• 横穿héng chuānto cross; to traverse
• 横竖héng shuanyway
• 横七竖八héng qī shù bāin disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
• 横飞héng fēi(of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air
• 横滨Héng bīnYokohama (city in Japan)
• 横冲直撞héng chōng zhí zhuàng(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
• 横流héng liúto overflow; transverse flow; to flow over
• 横渡héng dùto cross (a body of water)
• 横梁héng liángbeam
• 横线héng xiànhorizontal line; (math) horizontal axis
• 横贯héng guànhorizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally
• 横批héng pīhorizontal scroll (for inscription)
• 横空出世héng kōng chū shì(idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion…
• 横生héng shēngto grow without restraint; overflowing with; to happen unexpectedly
• 横山Héng shānHengshan, the name of various places; Yokoyama (Japanese surname)
• 横财hèng cáieasy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains
• 横行霸道héng xíng bà dàoto oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize
• 横卧héng wòto recline
• 横街héng jiēside street; road branching from the main street

Words containing 横

• 纵横zòng hénglit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth…
• 蛮横mán hèngrude and unreasonable
• 才华横溢cái huá héng yìbrimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
• 纵横交错zòng héng jiāo cuòcriss-crossed (idiom)
• 专横zhuān hèngimperious; peremptory
• 妙趣横生miào qù héng shēngendlessly interesting (idiom); very witty
• 骄横jiāo hèngarrogant; overbearing
• 人行横道rén xíng héng dàocrosswalk; pedestrian crossing
• 强横qiáng hèngsurly and unreasoning; bullying; tyrannical
• 连横Lián HéngHorizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家
• 发横财fā hèng cáito make easy money; to make a fortune; to line one's pockets
• 妙语横生miào yǔ héng shēngto be full of wit and humor
• 尸横遍野shī héng biàn yě(idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)
• 血肉横飞xuè ròu héng fēi(idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage
• 风趣横生fēng qù héng shēng(idiom) spiced with wit; very witty
• 人行横道线rén xíng héng dào xiàncrosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
• 打横炮dǎ héng pàoto butt in; to interfere; to make things difficult
• 老气横秋lǎo qì héng qiūold and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
• 纵横家Zòng héng jiāSchool of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates…
• 合纵连横Hé zòng Lián héngVertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy…
• 飞来横祸fēi lái hèng huòsudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
• 窝里横wō li hèng(colloquial) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
• 蛮横无理mán hèng wú lǐrude and unreasonable
• 水横枝shuǐ héng zhīcape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai

Characters that look like 横

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 鲭qīngmackerel

Sounds the same

Read héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衡to weigh; weight; measure
• 恒permanent; constant; fixed
• 行used in 道行
• 珩top gem of pendant from girdle
• 蘅Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
• 鸻plover
• 姮feminine name (old)
• 胻calf (lower leg); (arch.) belly
• 揘used in 揘毕
• 𨱑bell
• 鑅(onomatopoeia) for sound of bell (arch.)
• 桁pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole