横 (橫) héng

1. héng adjective horizontal; transverse
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 横笛 'transverse flute' (Guoyu '橫' héng adj)
2. héng verb to set horizontally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '橫' héng v 1)
3. héng noun horizontal character stroke
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: (Guoyu '橫' héng n 3; Sun 2006, loc. 1178)
4. héng adverb chaotic; disorderly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of chaotic; disorderly (Guoyu '橫' héng adv 2)
5. hèng adjective wanton; unbridled; unruly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放肆; for example, 蛮横 'rude and unreasonable' (Guoyu '橫' hèng adj 1)
6. hèng adjective untimely; unexpected
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 橫死 'untimely death' (FGDB '橫死'; Guoyu '橫' hèng adj 2)
7. héng noun timber to cover a door
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '橫' héng n 1)
8. héng noun a horizontal line; a horizontal strip
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '橫' héng n 2)
9. héng proper noun Heng
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: An abbreviation for 连横 Lian Heng, a strategy of the state of Qin in the Warring States period (Guoyu '橫' héng n 4)
10. héng verb to pervade; to diffuse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 弥漫 or 笼罩 (Guoyu '橫' héng v 2)
11. héng verb to cross over; to pass through
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 渡过 or 跨越 (Guoyu '橫' héng v 3)
12. héng adverb evenly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 水平的 (Guoyu '橫' héng adv 1)

Contained in

• 横竖(橫豎) anyway; in any case
• 骄横(驕橫) arrogant and overbearing
• 窝里横(窩裡橫) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
• 横过(橫過) to traverse
• 横头横脑(橫頭橫腦) coarse and arrogant; always in the right
• 横眉(橫眉) to concentrate one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
• 横躺竖卧(橫躺豎臥) to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
• 横加指责(橫加指責) to blame unscrupulously
• 短横(短橫) short horizontal stroke
• 涕泗纵横(涕泗縱橫) tears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state
• 横神经(橫神經) transverse commissure
• 横难(橫難) an accidental disaster
• 妙趣横生(妙趣橫生) endlessly interesting; very witty
• 才华横溢(才華橫溢) brimming over with talent; brilliant
• 横振动(橫振動) transverse vibration
• 横议(橫議) to speak recklessly
• 人行横道(人行橫道) pedestrian crossing
• 横街(橫街) side street; cross street
• 横眉竖眼(橫眉豎眼) to scowl fiercely; to glare
• 横楣(橫楣) lintel
• 横加(橫加) violently; flagrantly
• 横竖劲儿(橫豎勁兒) firmness of determination
• 横行(橫行) to rampage; to riot ; to move horizontally [like a crab] ; to follow [an order] everywhere ; to rush in a zigzag path ; to move in a perpendicular path
• 纵横字谜(縱橫字謎) crossword
• 飞来横祸(飛來橫禍) sudden and unexpected disaster
• 横线(橫線) horizontal line; horizontal coordinate line
• 横正暴敛(橫正暴斂) to levy exorbitant taxes
• 横路(橫路) side street; crossroad
• 横笔(橫筆) bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
• 强横(強橫) prone to bullying; tyrannical
• 横暴(橫暴) brutal; violent
• 纵横(縱橫) vertical and horizontal ; warp and weft; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed ; able to move unhindered; Abbreviation for 合縱連橫|合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) ; School of Diplomacy
• 横山(橫山) Hengshan ; Yokoyama
• 横断山脉(橫斷山脈) Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
• 横隔(橫隔) tabula (horizontal floor of polyp)
• 愈横(愈橫) tougher than before
• 横摇(橫搖) rolling motion (of a boat)
• 横扫千军(橫掃千軍) total annihilation
• 横身(橫身) to pierce the body
• 横坐标(橫座標) horizontal coordinate; abscissa
• 左尖横(左尖橫) left sharp pointed stroke
• 横斑腹小鸮(橫斑腹小鴞) spotted owlet (Athene brama)
• 横征暴敛(橫征暴斂) to tax by force and extortion
• 横棱纹(橫稜紋) crosswise pattern
• 横生枝节(橫生枝節) to deliberately complicate an issue
• 横斜(橫斜) oblique; slanting
• 横断物(橫斷物) transverse object
• 横三竖四(橫三豎四) in disorder; in a tremendous mess

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• 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 70
• 第十四回 Chapter 14 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 47
• 卷六十一　表第三:　交聘表中 Volume 61 Tables 3: Communication between States 2 History of Jin 金史 — count: 30
• 卷三十三 魏豹田儋韓王信傳 Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) Book of Han 漢書 — count: 29
• 卷二十三下　　　志第十三下　　儀衛下 Volume 23b Treatises 14: Ceremonies 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 29
• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 28
• 《田儋列傳》 Biography of Tian Dan Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 27
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 25
• 卷四十一　志第二十二:　儀衞上 常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗 法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 24
• 第一百十五回 Chapter 115 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 21

Collocations

• 田横 (田橫) 於是田榮弟田橫收齊亡卒得數萬人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 18
• 横脊 (橫脊) 横脊 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 特牲馈食礼 第十五 15. Rites of the single victim food offering — count: 9
• 商横 (商橫) 商橫涒灘三年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《歷書》 Calendars — count: 7
• 横艾 (橫艾) 橫艾淹茂太始元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《歷書》 Calendars — count: 7
• 横执 (橫執) 二手横执几 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 4
• 弟横 (弟橫) 田榮弟橫立榮子廣為齊王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 4
• 横载 (橫載) 亦横载 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 4
• 横逆 (橫逆) 其待我以橫逆 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁下 Li Lou II — count: 4
• 横弓 (橫弓) 橫弓 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 一横 (一橫) 鱼一横之 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 3