橫順

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable
trad. (橫順)		橫	順
simp. (横顺)		横	顺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hun² sun⁴ / huan² sun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hun² sun⁴ / huan² sun⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xunsun / xuansun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuən²¹ suən²¹³/, /xuan²¹ suən²¹³/

Adverb

橫順

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese; dialectal Jin) anyway

   • 我橫順有點事要找他的。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     我横顺有点事要找他的。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1960, 李劼人 (Li Jieren), 《大波》第二卷 (Great Wave, volume 2), page 352

     Ngo³ hun² sun⁴ you³ dian³ si⁴ yao⁴ zao³ ta¹ ni¹. [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     I need to talk to him anyway.

   • 橫順沒有客人來，我就給你擺一擺吧。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     横顺没有客人来，我就给你摆一摆吧。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1980, 吴因易 (Wu Yinyi), 《梨园谱》, page 343

     Hun² sun⁴ mei⁴ you³ ke² ren² nai², ngo³ jiu⁴ ge¹ nyi³ bai³ yi² bai³ ba⁴. [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     There aren't any customers anyway, so I can chat with you for a bit.

   • 我幫你買，橫順我要上街的 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     我帮你买，横顺我要上街的 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 《成都方言詞典》, page 333

     Ngo³ bang¹ nyi³ mai³, hun² sun⁴ ngo³ yao⁴ sang⁴ gai¹ ni¹ [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     I'll buy it for you since I have to go out anyway.

2. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese; dialectal Gan) anyhow; at any rate; no matter what

   • 這女人第一難惹，橫順不講道理。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     这女人第一难惹，横顺不讲道理。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1978, 沙汀 (Sha Ting) et al., 《四川十人短篇小说选》, page 248

     Ze⁴ nyu³ ren² di⁴ yi² nan² ze³, hun² sun⁴ bu² jiang³ dao⁴ ni³. [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     This woman is firstly hard to deal with; she doesn't speak reasonably anyhow.

   • 那幾年有「四人幫」在上頭給他當後臺，橫順變些花樣出來為他打氣嘛。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     那几年有「四人帮」在上头给他当后台，横顺变些花样出来为他打气嘛。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1979, 故事会 (Gushi Hui), issue 2, page 47

     Na⁴ ji³ nyian² you³ “si⁴ ren² bang¹” zai⁴ sang⁴ tou² ge¹ ta¹ dang¹ hou⁴ tai², hun² sun⁴ bian⁴ xi¹ hua¹ yang⁴ cu² nai² wei⁴ ta¹ da³ qi⁴ ma². [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     These few years, the “Gang of Four” was up there to support him. Anyhow, play some tricks to cheer for him.

   • 他橫順要跟倒我走，我也莫得辦法 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     他横顺要跟倒我走，我也莫得办法 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 《成都方言詞典》, page 333

     Ta¹ hun² sun⁴ yao⁴ gen¹ dao³ ngo³ zou³, ngo³ ye³ mo² de^2-1 ban⁴ fa² [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     He keeps following me no matter what, and I can't do anything about it.

Synonyms

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)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	反正
	Leizhou	橫直
Puxian Min	Putian	橫直
	Putian (Donghai)	橫直
	Xianyou	反正, 橫直
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	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

References

• 王文虎, 张一舟, 周家筠 (eds.). 四川方言词典 (Sichuan Fangyan Cidian). Chengdu: Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1987.