橫向

简 横向 · 繁 橫向
Mandarin · pinyin héng xiàng

Meanings

  1. horizontal
  2. orthogonal
  3. perpendicular
  4. lateral
  5. crosswise
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橫
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向
xiàng · toward, direction, trend
横
héng · across
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2–4 · heng2 xiang4

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waang4 hoeng3

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adj

  1. (attributive) crosswise; horizontal
  2. (attributive) parallel
  3. (attributive, of projects) sponsored by companies

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