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橫 (waang4) — horizontal; transverse | [antonym] 直 in Cantonese

waangˎ₄橫
简 横
Mandarin Pinyin: heng2

Meaning of 橫

nounhorizontal; transverse | [antonym] 直
nounacross; sideways; crosswise
nounrunning from east to west or west to east | [antonym] 縱
noununrestrainedly; fiercely; turbulently
noun(Cantonese)/harsh and unreasonable/unexpected

Example Sentences with 橫

打橫第二行
second row
waangˎ₄橫dimˍ₆掂douˉ¹都ceotˉ¹出zoˊ²咗lei4,嚟，seonˍ₆順binˊ²便heoi˗₃去taiˊ²睇hei3.戲啦。
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!
neiˏ₅你jauˍ₆又zyuˉ¹豬waangˎ₄橫leiˊ²脷？
Are you speaking incorrectly again?
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日zyuˉ¹豬waangˎ₄橫leiˊ²脷。
He always speaks incorrectly.
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日ngoˏ₅我zyuˉ¹豬waangˎ₄橫leiˊ²脷。
Today I'm speaking incorrectly.
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Words Containing 橫

豬橫脷zyu1 waang4 lei6
pork pancreas
橫掂waang4 dim6
anyhow; anyway; in any case; regardless | 漢: 橫豎; 反正 | variant of 橫𠶧
搞橫gaau2 waang1
搞掂
使橫手sai3 waang4 sau2
hire people to do dirty work for oneself; hire someone to beat sb. else up etc.
橫咗waang1 zo2
fall through; come to nothing; fizzle out
橫樑waang4 loeng4
crossbeam | Also written as '橫梁'
橫貫waang4 gun3
horizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally
橫行無忌waang4 hang4 mou4 gei6
run wild with no scruples; do whatever one wants
橫切面waang4 cit3 min6
cross-section
橫街窄巷waang4 gaai1 zaak3 hong2
an alley
橫紋刀劈扭紋柴waang4 man5 dou1 pek3 nau2 man4 caai4
two stubborn people being forced together
蠻橫maan4 waang4
rude and unreasonable | [粵]: 蠻, 野蠻, 牛王

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