横跨 橫跨
横跨 橫跨 héng kuà ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄚˋ waang4 kwaa1
- to span
- to stretch across
- to travel across
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横 橫
- 横向 橫向 héng xiàng ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ waang4 hoeng3 horizontal
- 蛮横 蠻橫 mán hèng ㄇㄢˊ ㄏㄥˋ maan4 waang4 rude and unreasonable
- 横七竖八 橫七豎八 héng qī shù bā ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ waang4 cat1 syu6 baat3 in disorder
- 纵横交错 縱橫交錯 zòng héng jiāo cuò ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄛˋ zung1 waang4 gaau1 co3 criss-crossed (idiom)
- 专横 專橫 zhuān hèng ㄓㄨㄢ ㄏㄥˋ zyun1 waang4 imperious
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- 强横 強橫 qiáng hèng ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄥˋ koeng4 waang4 surly and unreasoning
- 横切 橫切 héng qiē ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄝ waang4 cit3 to cut across
- 横加 橫加 héng jiā ㄏㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ waang4 gaa1 violently
- 横匾 橫匾 héng biǎn ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˇ waang4 bin2 horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
- 横吹 橫吹 héng chuī ㄏㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄟ waang4 ceoi1 military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han
- 横山 橫山 Héng shān ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄢ waang4 saan1 Hengshan, the name of various places
- 横峰 橫峰 Héng fēng ㄏㄥˊ ㄈㄥ waang4 fung1 see 横峰县
- 横州 橫州 Héng zhōu ㄏㄥˊ ㄓㄡ waang4 zau1 see 横州市
- 横幅 橫幅 héng fú ㄏㄥˊ ㄈㄨˊ waang4 fuk1 horizontal scroll
- 横心 橫心 héng xīn ㄏㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ waang4 sam1 to steel oneself
- 横截 橫截 héng jié ㄏㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ waang4 zit6 to cut across
- 横批 橫批 héng pī ㄏㄥˊ ㄆㄧ waang4 pai1 horizontal scroll (for inscription)
- 横折 橫折 héng zhé ㄏㄥˊ ㄓㄜˊ waang4 zit3 (horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
- 横拍 橫拍 héng pāi ㄏㄥˊ ㄆㄞ waang4 paak3 (table tennis) shakehand grip
- 横扫 橫掃 héng sǎo ㄏㄥˊ ㄙㄠˇ waang4 sou3 to sweep away
跨
- 跨国 跨國 kuà guó ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ kwaa3 gwok3 transnational
- 跨越 kuà yuè ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ kwaa3 jyut6 to step across
- 脱跨 脫跨 tuō kuà ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄨㄚˋ tyut3 kwaa3 (neologism) to detransition; to cease identifying as transgender
- 跨上 kuà shàng ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄤˋ kwaa3 soeng5 to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)
- 跨刀 kuà dāo ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄠ kwaa3 dou1 to appear in sb's show
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- 跨境 kuà jìng ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ kwaa3 ging2 cross-border
- 跨年 kuà nián ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ kwaa3 nin4 to step into the new year
- 跨度 kuà dù ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ kwaa3 dou6 span
- 跨径 跨徑 kuà jìng ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ kwaa3 ging3 span (architecture)
- 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄢˊ kwaa3 laan4 hurdles
- 跨步 kuà bù ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ kwaa3 bou6 to take a (striding) step
- 跨洲 kuà zhōu ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄡ kwaa3 zau1 intercontinental
- 跨界 kuà jiè ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ kwaa3 gaai3 to go beyond the border; to be transboundary
- 跨省 kuà shěng ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄥˇ kwaa3 saang2 interprovincial; multiprovincial
- 跨灶 跨竈 kuà zào ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄠˋ kwaa3 zou3 to surpass one's father
- 跨足 kuà zú ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨˊ kwaa3 zuk1 to enter (a new market etc)
- 跨距 kuà jù ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄩˋ kwaa3 keoi5 (Tw) span (architecture)
- 跨过 跨過 kuà guò ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ kwaa3 gwo3 to surmount
- 跨院 kuà yuàn ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄩㄢˋ kwaa1 jyun2 lateral court (in a Chinese house)
- 跨鹤 跨鶴 kuà hè ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄜˋ kwaa3 hok6 to die
Idioms with these characters
- 飞来横祸 飛來橫禍 fēi lái hèng huò ㄈㄟ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ fei1 loi4 waang6 wo6 sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
- 风趣横生 風趣橫生 fēng qù héng shēng ㄈㄥ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥ fung1 ceoi3 waang4 saang1 (idiom) spiced with wit
- 横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng ㄏㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄓˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ waang4 cung1 zik6 zong6 (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
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- 横刀夺爱 橫刀奪愛 héng dāo duó ài ㄏㄥˊ ㄉㄠ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄞˋ waang4 dou1 dyut6 oi3 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
- 横空出世 橫空出世 héng kōng chū shì ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ waang4 hung1 ceot1 sai3 (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
- 横眉怒目 橫眉怒目 héng méi nù mù ㄏㄥˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄋㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ waang4 mei4 nou6 muk6 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
- 横七竖八 橫七豎八 héng qī shù bā ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ waang4 cat1 syu6 baat3 in disorder
- 横生枝节 橫生枝節 héng shēng zhī jié ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄝˊ waang4 sang1 zi1 zit3 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
- 横征暴敛 橫征暴斂 héng zhēng bào liǎn ㄏㄥˊ ㄓㄥ ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ waang4 zing1 bou6 lim5 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
- 老气横秋 老氣橫秋 lǎo qì héng qiū ㄌㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡ lou5 hei3 waang4 cau1 old and decrepit
Example sentences
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工程 横跨 橫跨 了 两 兩 个 個 世纪 世紀 才 完成 ，
The construction straddled two centuries.
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他们 他們 建 了 一 座 横跨 橫跨 河流 的 桥 橋 。
They built a bridge across the river.
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阿尔卑斯 阿爾卑斯 山脉 山脈 横跨 橫跨 八 个 個 欧洲 歐洲 国家 國家 。
The Alps extend across eight European countries.
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苏州河 蘇州河 是 上海 的 母亲河 母親河 ， 弯弯曲曲 彎彎曲曲 横跨 橫跨 流 过 過 市中心 。
River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.
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