横
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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
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Words with 横
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人行横道线 | crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes | |
| 人行横道 | crosswalk; pedestrian crossing | |
| 横山区 | Hengshan, a district of Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 横空出世 | (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve gr… | |
| 横州市 | Hengzhou, a county-level city in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 横神经 | transverse commissure | |
| 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 | (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc)… | |
| 横山 | Hengshan, the name of various places; Yokoyama (Japanese surname) | |
| 横心 | to steel oneself; to harden one's heart | |
| 横生 | to grow without restraint; overflowing with; to happen unexpectedly | |
| 横行 | to go on the rampage; to riot; to run amuck | |
| 横风 | crosswind | |
| 横眼 | from the side of the eye; askance | |
| 横空 | filling the atmosphere; covering the sky | |
| 横线 | horizontal line; (math.) horizontal axis | |
| 横流 | to overflow; transverse flow; to flow over; cross flow | |
| 横加 | violently; flagrantly | |
| 横断面 | horizontal section | |
| 横路 | side street; crossroad | |
| 横州 | see 橫州市|横州市[Heng2 zhou1 Shi4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 黄 — compare how they read.