WordTaiwan frequency #13,274
橫掃
ㄏㄥˊ ㄙㄠˇ
“to sweep across rapidly and forcefully; to sweep everything in one's path; to win overwhelmingly.”
AI-written definition, grounded in Unihan and Moedict. How this works
§
Characters in this word
2 characters · tap any to see its full entry
§
Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 打掃ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up a place by removing dirt or clutter.
- 掃描ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊto scan; to browse quickly; the process of a cathode-ray tube displaying images by moving an electron beam across a screen
- 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.
- 掃街ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝto sweep the streets; to canvas for votes or sales during elections; a traditional custom of picking up items left on streets late at night during the Lantern Festival (Taiwan)
- 掃地ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋto sweep the floor; to clean the ground; (figurative) to wipe out completely; to destroy utterly.
- 清掃ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up; a sweep (against crime).
- 掃墓ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋto visit and clean a grave or tomb; to sweep a grave; to tend a burial site; to honor ancestors at a gravesite
- 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
- 橫越ㄏㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋto cross horizontally; to traverse or pass across
- 掃除ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊclean away dirt; sweep and tidy; eliminate; wipe out