纵 zōng / zòng in a sentence
Vertical - North~South]; Release (indulge - too much - jump)
纵 (zōng / zòng) means Vertical - North~South], Release (indulge - too much - jump). 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
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
工人熟练地操 纵 着这台大机器。
Gōngrén shúliàn de cāozòngzhe zhè tái dà jīqì.
The worker operated this big machine with practised skill.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操纵
对错误过分仁慈也是一种 纵 容。
Duì cuòwù guòfèn réncí yě shì yì zhǒng zòngróng.
Being too merciful towards mistakes is itself a form of indulgence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仁慈
他发现自己一直被人在背后操 纵 。
Tā fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí bèi rén zài bèihòu cāozòng.
He found that he had been manipulated from behind all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操纵
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Questions about 纵
How is 纵 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 纵 (zōng / zòng, "Vertical - North~South], Release (indulge - too much - jump)"), 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 纵 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 纵 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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