Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "横", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "横", and master the standard way of writing the character "横".
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "横" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "横" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
héng、 hèng
Definition
horizontal / across / (horizontal character stroke), unruly
endlessly interesting (idiom) / very witty
horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
a field littered with corpses
horizontal scroll / banner / streamer
carry matters with a high hand
be perpendicular and horizontal / manoeuvre among various political groupings
to sweep away / to sweep across
横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng
lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally
horizontal / orthogonal / perpendicular / lateral / crosswise
lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
to span / to stretch across / to travel across
flesh and blood flying (idiom); carnage / people blown to pieces
to go on the rampage / to riot / to run amuck
horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
banner / horizontal slogan or advertisement
The river overflowed its banks. / The general condition is chaotic and turbulent.
The old man wept bitterly. / Tears coursed down the old man's cheeks. / tears flowing from aged eyes / The old man's face was covered with tears.