跨
HSK 6freq #4234
Meanings
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- 1.to step across
- 2.to stride over
- 3.to straddle
- 4.to span
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Wiktionary
- 1.to step across; to stride
- 2.to cross over (a wall, river, etc.)
- 3.to overstep; to exceed; to surpass
- 4.to straddle; to bestride; to ride
- 5.to occupy; to hold
- 6.transgender; trans
- 7.to transition to (gender)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs): semantic 足 + phonetic 夸 (OC *kʰʷraː). Probably from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwar (“to stride, straddle”); compare Burmese ခွ (hkwa., “fork in a road”), Mizo kaarʔ (“to step, pace, stride”), Tibetan གར་ (gar, “dance”). See also 褲 (OC *kʰʷaːs, “pants, trousers”), which is derived from 跨 (Schuessler, 2007).
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Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他們建了一座橫跨河流的橋。
They built a bridge across the river.
為了握住他的手，她往前跨了一步。
She stepped forward to shake his hand.
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Related words
跨越 to step across跨国 transnational跨年 to step into the new year跨界 to go beyond the border; to be transboundary跨院 lateral court (in a Chinese house)跨径 span (architecture)跨灶 to surpass one's father跨步 to take a (striding) step跨上 to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)跨洲 intercontinental脱跨 (neologism) to detransition; to cease identifying as transgender跨栏 hurdles