- 横 橫 adjectivehorizontalhorizontal; across; sideways; stretching from side to side
- 三 numeralverbmanymany; several; repeatedly; more than a few times
- 竖 豎 verbverticalvertical; upright; straight up and down
- 四 adverbnounall around(in combination) used with two related terms to indicate various or all around, as in the expression sì xiāng bā zhèn meaning 'all the towns and villages'