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héng

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héng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
héng | heng2
English translation
horizontal
across
(horizontal character stroke)
harsh and unreasonable
unexpected
horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh

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About héng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

héng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of héng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木黄

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Huáng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Huáng represents the sound. Simplified form of héng .

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Example sentences using héng

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方向盘 fāng xiàng pán Cóng 冻僵 dòng jiāng de 手里 shǒu lǐ 滑脱, 汽车 qì chē 便 biàn héng zhāo 穿 chuān Guò le 马路 mǎ lù .

The wheel slipped from my frozen hand, and the car went right across the road.

这个 zhè ge 大厅 dà tīng Zhí yǒu 15, héng 里有8.

The hall is 15 metres in length and 8 in width.

Wáng de 写法 xiě fǎ shì Sān héng shù .

The character " Wáng " is composed of one vertical and three horizontal strokes.

最后 zuìhòu , héng le xīn 把门 bǎ mén kāi .

In desperation, he finally broke down the door.

如果 rúguǒ zài gān 那种 nà zhǒng shì , jiù héng zài de 膝盖 xīgài shǎng zòu .

If you do that again, I'll set you across my knee and beat you.

Words with héng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
héng across héng
才华横溢 cái huá héng yì brilliant才華橫溢
横扫 héng sǎo to sweep away橫掃
横向 héng xiàng horizontal橫向
横行 héng xíng to riot橫行
纵横 zònghéng criss-crossed縱橫
横穿 héng chuān to cross橫穿
横梁 héng liáng beam橫梁
横幅 héng fú banner橫幅
横跨 héng kuà to span橫跨
专横 zhuān hèng imperious專橫
横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng to barge橫衝直撞
横行霸道 héng xíng bà dào to oppress橫行霸道
蛮横 mán hèng rude and unreasonable蠻橫
横滨 Héng bīn Yokohama, Japan橫濱
横财 hèng cái easy money橫財
横渡 héng dù to cross (a body of water)橫渡
横流 héng liú to overflow橫流
横批 héng pī horizontal scroll (for inscription)橫批
人行横道 rén xíng héng dào pedestrian crossing人行橫道
横竖 héng shu anyway橫豎
横贯 héng guàn to cut across橫貫
横线 héng xiàn horizontal line橫線
纵横交错 zòng héng jiāo cuò criss-crossed (idiom)縱橫交錯
妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng very witty妙趣橫生

héng Decomposition & Compounds

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héng Decomposition

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