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(*ㄏㄥˋ [heng4] ).
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(2) A horizontal stroke.
(3) Width.
(4) A surname.
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.
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.
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.