横

Meaninghéng(vocab.word.pos.g, verb, noun, adjective, adverb)

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

Examples

• “十”字是一横一竖。

  “shí” zì shì yì héng yí shù.

  The character “十” is one horizontal stroke and one vertical stroke.

• 一辆车横在路中间。

  yí liàng chē héng zài lù zhōng jiān.

  A car was sitting crosswise in the middle of the road.

• 请把这张纸横着放。

  qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng zhǐ héng zhe fàng.

  Please lay this sheet of paper horizontally.

Easily confused

• 竖 — 横 is horizontal, 竖 is vertical; they often pair up as 横竖.

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Meaninghèng(vocab.word.pos.g, verb, noun, adjective, adverb)

harsh and unreasonable; unexpected

Examples

• 这个人说话太横了。

  zhè ge rén shuō huà tài héng le.

  This person talks far too rudely and aggressively.

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