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Definition(s) for: 纵横家

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
纵横家 zòng héng jiā - School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - - 86,529

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zòng- vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1])
- from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1])
- military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1])
- (bound form) to release (a captive)
- to indulge
- to leap up
- (literary) even if
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
hèng- harsh and unreasonable
- unexpected
jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]

Other Words Containing 纵横家

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo