| 横切 |
héng qiē |
to cut across / a horizontal cut |
| 横 |
héng |
horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent |
| 横 |
hèng |
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected |
| 切 |
qiē |
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math) tangential |
| 切 |
qiè |
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters) |