横
向

Horizontal in Chinese: 横向 (héng xiàng)

héng xiàng

horizontal

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 橫向1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1horizontal
  2. 2orthogonal
  3. 3perpendicular
  4. 4lateral
  5. 5crosswise

Stroke order

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横
向

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄥˊ

héng

ㄏ/ hㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄤˋ

xiàng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

横向

Simplified

橫向

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们要加强部门之间的横向合作。

    wǒ men yào jiā qiáng bù mén zhī jiān de héng xiàng hé zuò。

    We need to strengthen lateral cooperation between departments.

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Related words

向

xiàng

towards

横

héng

horizontal

方向

fāng xiàng

direction

向导

xiàng dǎo

guide

向前

xiàng qián

forward

向上

xiàng shàng

upward

一向

yī xiàng

always (previously)

转向

zhuǎn xiàng

to change direction

面向

miàn xiàng

to face

倾向

qīng xiàng

trend

导向

dǎo xiàng

to be oriented towards

定向

dìng xiàng

to orientate

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