The construction straddled two centuries.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
横跨
to span
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to span
02
to stretch across
03
to travel across
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 横跨 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 横跨 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
They built a bridge across the river.
The Alps extend across eight European countries.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 横跨.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 横跨.
Directly before
- 弯弯曲曲横跨1
- 工程横跨1
- 一座横跨1
- 阿尔卑斯山脉横跨1
Directly after
- 横跨流过1
- 横跨了1
- 横跨河流1
- 横跨八个1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 横跨
What does 横跨 mean in Chinese?
横跨 (héngkuà) means to span.
How do you pronounce 横跨?
横跨 is pronounced héngkuà.
Is 横跨 an HSK word?
横跨 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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