橫
简 横 · 繁 橫Meanings · waang4
- (Cantonese)
- harsh and unreasonable
- unexpected
Meanings · gwong1
- part of a place name
Meanings · waang4
- horizontal
- across
- (horizontal character stroke)
- unrestrained
- from east to west or vice versa
- broad
- strong
- well built
Meanings · waang4
- perverse
- unexpected
Meanings · waang6
- perverse
- unexpected
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 橫 héng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinhorizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; …
- 橫 hèng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinharsh and unreasonable; unexpected
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: heng2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 38 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwong1 · waang1 · waang4 · waang6
Cantonese word readings for 橫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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”)
character
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 櫎 /𰗓 (“a kind of tool”)
character
- (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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