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橫

简横 · 繁橫

Mandarin · pinyin 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

Mandarin · pinyin hèng#

harsh and unreasonable
unexpected

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gwong1 · waang1 · waang4 · waang6

Cantonese word readings for 橫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

middle rail of a wooden door; crosspiece
to lie crossways; to be situated crosswise; to be horizontal
to move crosswise; to cross; to traverse; to stretch across
to cut crosswise; to intercept transversely
to hold crosswise; to put something horizontally; to wear across
crosswise; horizontal; transverse; across; east-west
(historical) Horizontal Alliance, i.e. states during the Warring States period in Chinese history which ally with Qin to participate in its ascendancy
side; nearby; something situated sideways
to cast a sidelong glance at; to look sideways
to brim with; to be brimming with; to fill; to be found all over
to place over; to cover
broad; vast; wide; extensive
to crisscross; to interlock; to intersect; to be mixed together
not listening to reason; unreasonable; unrestrained; outrageous
(Chinese calligraphy) horizontal stroke (㇐)
(historical) alternative form of 衡 (héng, “supervisor; picket”)
(historical) alternative form of 黌 /黉 (hóng, “school”)
ancient placename in modern-day Shangqiu city in Henan province of China
(Beijing and Jilu Mandarin) probably; presumably; perhaps; maybe
(Beijing Mandarin, dialectal Wu) anyway; anyhow; in any case
(Hokkien) to go against (a certain direction)
(Mainland China Hokkien) to stare; to glare; to open one's eyes wide
(Shanghainese) to gamble; to bet money
a surname

character

perverse and violent; unrestrained and aggressive; brutal and unreasonable; cross-grained
unrestrainedly; turbulently; intrusively and violently
in vain; wastefully
sudden (and catastrophic); unexpected; unpredicted
additional; supplementary; extra; extraneous
contingency; mishap; misfortune; accident

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 光 (“light”)
(～門) (historical) a gate of Chang'an City

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 桄 (“reel thread on a revolving frame”)

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 撗 (guàng, “a kind of grass”)

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 櫎 /𰗓 (“a kind of tool”)

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(Taiwanese Hokkien) to pass through; to cut across
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to cut off (a portion)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to snatch away; to appropriate; to seize unfairly

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