打橫

See also: 打横

Chinese

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
unruly; horizontal; across
unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)
 
trad. (打橫)
simp. (打横)

Verb

打橫

  1. to be horizontal; to stand horizontally
  2. (Mainland China) to block the passage of; to hinder the progress of; to create difficulties for
  3. (dated) to take the least important seat at a square table; to take the last available seat at a table

Adverb

打橫

  1. (Cantonese) horizontally
    打橫行李 [Cantonese, trad.]
    打横行李 [Cantonese, simp.]
    go3 gip1 daa2 waang4 fong3 hai2 hang4 lei5 gaa3-2 dou6. [Jyutping]
    The suitcase is put horizontally on the baggage rack.
    打橫 [Cantonese, trad.]
    打横 [Cantonese, simp.]
    daa2 waang4 jing2 jat1 zoeng1, daa2 zik6 jing2 jat1 zoeng1 aa1. [Jyutping]
    Let's take a photo in landscape, then take another in portrait.
Derived terms

Noun

打橫

  1. (Cantonese) crab
Synonyms

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (打橫)
simp. (打横)

Borrowed from Sundanese Tawang, from Tawang-Galunggung, the city and regency's (then-district's) former name.

Proper noun

打橫

  1. () Tasikmalaya (a city in West Java, Indonesia)
  2. () Tasikmalaya (a regency of West Java, Indonesia)