橫U+6A6B16 STROKES
Entry·pron. héng
ㄏㄥˊ
“horizontal; across; crosswise; a horizontal stroke in writing; to place flat; to cross; harsh; unreasonable; unexpected”
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- 橫跨ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄚˋto span; to stretch across; to travel across; to extend over
- 縱橫ㄗㄨㄥ ㄏㄥˊvertical and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; (fig.) diplomatic maneuvering, as in the Warring States period School of Diplomacy; unrestrained, unchecked; winding, undulating; numerous and scattered.
- 橫向ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋhorizontal; sideways; lateral; crosswise; in a horizontal direction
- 橫行ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊact tyrannically and run wild; walk sideways like a crab; spread everywhere; gallop freely; arrange horizontally
- 橫掃ㄏㄥˊ ㄙㄠˇto sweep across rapidly and forcefully; to sweep everything in one's path; to win overwhelmingly.
- 橫越ㄏㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋto cross horizontally; to traverse or pass across
- 橫濱ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄣYokohama; major port city in Japan, southeast of Honshū on Tokyo Bay
- 蠻橫ㄇㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊrude and unreasonable; acting in a rough, overbearing way; domineering and unwilling to listen to others.
- 橫山ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄢHengshan; township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan; place name meaning 'transverse mountain'
- 中橫ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄥˊshort for Central Cross-Island Highway; Taiwan highway crossing the island from west to east through Taroko Gorge
- 連橫ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊWarring States-era alliance strategy of uniting individually with Qin to break the six-state coalition; historical term for horizontal alliance. Also the name of Lian Heng (1878–1936), Taiwanese historian and author of A General History of Taiwan.
- 橫生ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥarise unexpectedly; occur repeatedly; grow wildly; overflow with emotion; refer to non-human creatures; difficult childbirth
- 橫渡ㄏㄥˊ ㄉㄨˋto cross a sea or river from one shore to the other
- 南橫ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊshort for Southern Cross-Island Highway, a mountain road crossing southern Taiwan
- 專橫ㄓㄨㄢ ㄏㄥˋarbitrary and tyrannical; dictatorial; acting willfully without regard for others
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