橫豎

See also: 横竖

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	(straight down character stroke); to erect; vertical
trad. (橫豎/橫竪)		橫	豎/竪
simp. (横竖)		横	竖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héngshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ syu⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wan-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héngshù → héngshu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ → ㄏㄥˊ ˙ㄕㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héngshů
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²-shu⁵
    • Yale: héng-shu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng.shuh
    • Palladius: хэншу (xɛnšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/ → /xɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ syu⁶
    • Yale: wàahng syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ syː²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wan-zy
    • MiniDict: wan^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuan-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuã²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Adverb

橫豎

1. anyway; in any case; regardless

   • 我橫豎沒有牙齒，咬不動。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我横竖没有牙齿，咬不动。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1935, Lu Xun, 《故事新編·出關》

     Wǒ héngshù méiyǒu yáchǐ, yǎo bù dòng. [Pinyin]

     I've lost all my teeth anyway. I can't chew.

   • 然後放開這關係，橫豎這段情已是垂危。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     然后放开这关系，横竖这段情已是垂危。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2023, moon tang, 《房屋供應問題》

     jin⁴ hau⁶ fong³ hoi¹ ze² gwaan¹ hai⁶, waang⁴ syu⁶ ze² dyun⁶ cing⁴ ji⁵ si⁶ seoi⁴ ngai⁴. [Jyutping]

     And then let go of this relationship, it's already dying regardless.

2. (archaic) horizontally and perpendicularly

Synonyms

• (anyway):

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• 不管怎樣／不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)
• 不管怎麼樣／不管怎么样 (bùguǎn zěnmeyàng)
• 反正
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
• 橫直／横直 (héngzhí) (dialectal)
• 橫豎橫／横竖横 (Northern Wu)
• 死活 (sǐhuó)
• 無論如何／无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
• 生死 (sen¹ si³) (Sichuanese)
• 紅黑／红黑 (hong² he²) (Sichuanese)
• 總之／总之 (zǒngzhī)
• 長短／长短 (chángduǎn) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 反正 (“anyway”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		長短
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	反正, 橫豎, 橫直
	Taiwan	反正, 橫豎
	Singapore	反正
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	反正, 橫豎
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	反正
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	橫順, 橫豎, 左橫, 紅黑, 高矮, 生死
	Wuhan	橫直
	Guiyang	千急
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	反正
	Hefei	反正, 橫豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橫掂
	Hong Kong	橫掂, 反正
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	橫掂
	Macau	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	反正
	Foshan	橫掂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	橫掂
	Foshan (Shunde)	橫掂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	橫掂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	左右
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	橫掂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	橫掂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	橫掂
	Taishan	橫掂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	橫掂
	Enping (Niujiang)	橫掂
	Heshan (Yayao)	橫掂
	Dongguan	橫掂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	反正
	Yangjiang	橫掂
	Nanning	橫直
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	橫掂
Gan	Nanchang	橫直
Hakka	Meixian	贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	橫掂
	Huiyang	橫掂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	橫掂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	反正
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	反正
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	反正
	Liannan	反正
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	橫掂, 反正
	Jiexi	反正
	Changting	橫直
	Ninghua	反正
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	反正
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	反正
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	反正
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	反正
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	反正
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	橫直
	Hong Kong	橫掂
	Luchuan	反正
	Senai (Huiyang)	反正
Jin	Taiyuan	反正, 橫豎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	橫直
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	橫直, 好呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	橫直
	Quanzhou	橫直
	Yongchun	橫直
	Zhangzhou	橫直, 生成
	Dongshan	橫直
	Tainan	橫直
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	反正
	Shantou	長短, 反正, 橫直
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	正倒
	Jieyang	長短, 正倒
	Puning	反正, 正倒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	反正
	Leizhou	橫直
Puxian Min	Putian	橫直
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	橫直
	Xianyou	反正, 橫直
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	橫掂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橫直
Wu	Shanghai	橫豎, 反正
	Suzhou	橫豎, 橫道
	Wenzhou	橫直, 到老
Xiang	Changsha	橫直, 橫去
	Shuangfeng	橫直, 紅黑

Verb

橫豎

1. (archaic) to crisscross