héng​kuà

to span

横跨 橫跨 héng​kuà
to span verb
to stretch across; to travel across; usually refers to bridges or structures spanning two sides, or a period of time spanning multiple eras

There should be a bridge across that river.

From east to west, Canada encompasses six time zones.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.37 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.62 per million

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