横 (héng) means Horizontal (unruly). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个字的第一笔是 横 。
Zhège zì de dì yī bǐ shì héng.
The first stroke of this character is a horizontal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 横
一棵大树 横 在路中间。
Yì kē dà shù héng zài lù zhōngjiān.
A big tree lay across the middle of the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 横
这条山脉 横 贯东西。
Zhè tiáo shānmài héngguàn dōngxī.
This mountain range runs from east to west.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 山脉
田间小路纵 横 交错。
Tiánjiān xiǎolù zònghéng jiāocuò.
The paths through the fields criss-cross in every direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纵横
这座城市的街道纵 横 有序。
Zhè zuò chéngshì de jiēdào zònghéng yǒuxù.
This city's streets run in an orderly grid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纵横
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Words that contain 横
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 横
How is 横 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 横 (héng, "Horizontal (unruly)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 横 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 横 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 横 an HSK word?
Yes — 横 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 横?
The dictionary page for 横 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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