| 橫 | 137C00 10B.80-2 | 部居  | 畫數 16 | ㄏㄥˊ [heng2] (*ㄏㄥˋ [heng4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) A horizontal bar. (2) A horizontal stroke. (3) Width. (4) A surname. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To set or wear across: 橫劍 hold sword crosswise; 腰橫玉帶 wear a jade girdle across the waist. (2) To stiffen up and bear responsibility: 這件有他橫起來，我們不必管 he has taken this up, so we needn't bother. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | (1) Across, horizontal, sideways: 橫渡 ferry or sail across; 橫放 lay down horizontally; 橫斜 (flower branches) leaning across and downward; 橫斷山脈 a mountain range which cuts across area; 橫斷面 a cross section (of a tree, ship, etc.); 橫行 walk sideways (as crab); 橫貫公路 the cross-island highway, east-west highway, opp. 縱貫 north-south; 橫擋路中 stand across the road; 玉體橫陳 her body lying stretched across the bed; 橫列 arranged in a row; opp. 豎 or 直 straight down, hence 橫豎 crisscross, see [hen2shu4]↓. (2) (*[heng4]) Violent, cross, cruel, tyrannical: 他忽然橫起來 he suddenly became cross (flared up); 你不要這麼橫 don't be so cross; 橫虎虎的 excited and angry; 橫話 violent words; 橫眼 a sidelong belligerant look, glower; 處士橫議 (AC) the scholars indulged in free criticism; 橫行霸道 act against law and reason, like a tyrant; 蠻橫 overbearing, arrogant; 橫暴，橫逆 [heng4bao4], [heng4ni4]↓. (3) (*[heng4]) By accident: 橫死 die an unnatural death; 橫禍 unexpected disaster; 橫事 ditto. (4) (*[heng4]) Illegal: 發橫財 get rich illegally, making a windfall. | |||||
| Words | 1. 橫暴 *[heng4bao4], adj., cruel, tyrannical: 橫征暴斂 levy exorbitant taxes. 2. 橫波 [heng2bo1], n., (phys.) transverse wave. 3. 橫笛 [heng2di2], n., the flute. 4. 橫反 [heng2fan3], v.i., (coll. of children) too mischievous. 5. 橫膈膜 [heng2ge2mo2], n., (physiol.) the diaphragm. 6. 橫兒 [heng2er0], n., (coll.) see [heng2pi0]↓. 7. 橫楣子 [heng2mei2zi0], n., the lintel, the cross top of doors or windows. 8. 橫逆 *[heng4ni4], n., rebellious, disobedient, lawless. 9. 橫披 [heng2pi0], n., a horizontal scroll. 10. 橫肉 [heng2rou4], n., as in 一臉橫肉 ugly, pugnacious looks. 11. 橫  [heng2xian2], n., (med.) chancre.12. 橫豎 [heng2shu4], adv., either way, in either case: 橫豎我不來了 anyway I am not coming; adv., oft. in phr., meaning crisscross: 橫七豎八，橫三豎四 spread all across in confusion; adv., 橫衝直撞 to run amuck, (of vehicle or person) collide right and left. | |||||