HSK 6 · Adjectives

横 héng “horizontal” in Chinese

Traditional 橫

What 横 means

  1. horizontal
  2. across
  3. horizontal stroke
  4. crosswise
  5. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  • to cross (a river, etc)

How to say 横

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale横héng2nd tone, rising

横 in a sentence

  1. 你横穿马路要小心。

    Nǐ héngchuān mǎlù yào xiǎoxīn.

    Be careful when you cross the road.

    Sentence #5624973 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他们建了一座横跨河流的桥。

    Tāmen jiàn le yí zuò héngkuà héliú de qiáo.

    They built a bridge across the river.

    Sentence #903520 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 你从这里过去到那里，穿过第二条横马路就是。

    Nǐ cóng zhèlǐ guòqù dào nàlǐ, chuānguò dì'èr tiáo héng mǎlù jiù shì.

    To get there from here, go past the second cross street and you’re there.

    Sentence #391167 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 横 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 横 (héng) with each of its parts in a different colour
横hénghorizontal
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 黄yellow · huángSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 黄 (huáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with héng.

How to write 横

横 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

横 (héng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 横 (héng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 横

Words with 横

纵横zònghéng · in all directions

More words: Adjectives

罕见hǎnjiàn · rare豪迈háomài · bold和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent华丽huálì · magnificent

FAQs

横 (héng) means “horizontal” or “across”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it héng: héng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 横 is written 橫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type heng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 横 from the suggestions. Typing heng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
横 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.