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衡

héng

HSK 5 Character

What 衡 means

1. to weigh
2. weight
3. measure

Example sentences

• 他设法使收支平衡。
  He managed to make both ends meet.
• 我认为要保持平衡。
  I think there's a balance to be had.
• 蔬果对平衡饮食必不可少。
  Shūguǒ duì pínghéng yǐnshí bìbùkěshǎo.
  Fruits and vegetables are essential to a balanced diet.
• Tom失去平衡并跌到了。
  Tom lost his balance and fell.
• 汤姆失去了平衡摔落下来。
  Tom lost his balance and fell down.
• 那艘船失去平衡，翻了过来。
  Due to a lack of balance the ship turned over.

Words starting with 衡

• 衡量héng liángto weigh; to examine; to consider
• 衡山Héng ShānMt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳…
• 衡平héng píngto govern; to administer
• 衡水市Héng shuǐ ShìHengshui, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 衡量制héng liang zhìsystem of weights and measures
• 衡阳市Héng yáng ShìHengyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 衡酌héng zhuóto weigh and consider; to deliberate; short form of idiom 衡情酌理
• 衡情酌理héng qíng zhuó lǐto weight the matter and deliberate the reason (idiom); to weigh and consider…
• 衡南县Héng nán XiànHengnan, a county in Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 衡山县Héng shān XiànHengshan, a county in Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 衡东县Héng dōng XiànHengdong, a county in Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 衡阳县Héng yáng XiànHengyang, a county in Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 衡阳Héng yángsee 衡阳市; see 衡阳县
• 衡南Héng nánsee 衡南县
• 衡东Héng dōngsee 衡东县
• 衡水Héng shuǐsee 衡水市

Words containing 衡

• 平衡píng héngbalance; equilibrium
• 权衡quán héngto consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
• 均衡jūn héngequal; balanced; harmony
• 抗衡kàng héngto compete with; to vie with; to counter
• 失衡shī héngto unbalance; an imbalance
• 制衡zhì héngto check and balance (power); checks and balances
• 张衡Zhāng HéngZhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
• 争衡zhēng héngto struggle for mastery; to strive for supremacy
• 金衡jīn héngtroy weight, system of weights for precious metals and gemstones based on the 12-ounce…
• 不平衡bù píng héngdisequilibrium
• 再平衡zài píng héngto rebalance
• 动平衡dòng píng héngdynamic equilibrium; dynamic balancing
• 均衡器jūn héng qìequalizer (electronics, audio)
• 常衡制Cháng héng zhìAvoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
• 平衡态píng héng tàibalance; (state of) equilibrium
• 平衡木píng héng mùbeam (gymnastics); balance beam
• 平衡觉píng héng juésense of balance; equilibrioception
• 平衡车píng héng chēself-balancing scooter; balance bike
• 度量衡dù liàng héngmeasurement
• 白平衡bái píng héng(photography) white balance
• 非平衡fēi píng héngnon-equilibrium; disequilibrium; unbalance
• 不稳平衡bù wěn píng héngunstable equilibrium
• 分权制衡fēn quán zhì héngseparation of powers for checks and balances
• 力量均衡lì liàng jūn héngbalance of power

Characters that look like 衡

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

• 潮cháotide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy
• 膨péngswollen
• 徽huībadge; emblem; insignia
• 撕sīto tear
• 徵zhǐ4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 槲húMongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树

Sounds the same

Read héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 横horizontal; across; crosswise
• 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