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横跨 meaning in English

héngkuà

to span; to stretch across

Traditional 橫跨28 strokes

Meaning of 横跨

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

héngkuà
  1. to span
  2. to stretch across
  3. to travel across

横跨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā们men建jiàn了le一yī座zuò横héng跨kuà河hé流liú的de桥qiáo。
They built a bridge across the river.
工gōng程chéng横héng跨kuà了le两liǎng个gè世shì纪jì才cái完wán成chéng，
The construction straddled two centuries.
阿ā尔ěr卑bēi斯sī山shān脉mài横héng跨kuà八bā个gè欧ōu洲zhōu国guó家jiā。
The Alps extend across eight European countries.
苏sū州zhōu河hé是shì上shàng海hǎi的de母mǔ亲qīn河hé，弯wān弯wān曲qū曲qū横héng跨kuà流liú过guò市shì中zhōng心xīn。
River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.

Stroke order for each character

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横 héng · horizontal · 15 strokes

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跨 kuà · to step across · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 横跨.

跨越kuàyuèto step across; step over
跨国kuàguótransnational; multinational
横向héngxiànghorizontal; orthogonal
横七竖八héngqī-shùbāin disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
纵横交错zònghéng-jiāocuòcriss-crossed (idiom)
跨过kuàguòto surmount; to cross over
才华横溢cáihuáhéngyìbrimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
横扫héngsǎoto sweep away; to sweep across
横行héngxíngto go on the rampage; to riot
横穿héngchuānto cross; to traverse
横渡héngdùto cross (a body of water)
横越héngyuèto cross; to pass over

Questions about 横跨

What does 横跨 mean?

横跨 (héngkuà) means "to span; to stretch across".

How do you write 横跨?

横跨 is made of 2 characters: 横 (15 strokes), 跨 (13 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

How is 横跨 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 横跨 is written 橫跨.