縱
zòng

indulge in

纵 (縱) zòng
army corps noun
a military unit equivalent to an army corps

这支纵队负责掩护主力部队撤退。

zhè zhī zòng duì fù​zé yǎn​hù zhǔ​lì bù​duì chè​tuì.

This column is responsible for covering the retreat of the main force.

even if conjunction
even if or even though

纵有千言万语，此刻他也说不出一句话来。

zòng yǒu qiān​yán​wàn​yǔ, cǐ​kè tā yě shuō bù chū yī jù huà lái.

Even with a thousand words to say, he couldn't speak a single sentence at this moment.

leap up verb
to jump or leap upwards

他纵身一跃，跳过了那道矮墙。

tā zòng shēn yī yuè, tiào​guò le nà dào ǎi​qiáng.

He gave a leap and jumped over the low wall.

release; indulge verb
to let loose, release a captive, or allow oneself to indulge in something

我们绝不能放纵这种不负责任的行为。

wǒ​men jué bù néng fàng zòng zhè zhǒng bù fù zé​rèn de xíng​wéi.

We must not indulge such irresponsible behavior.

vertical noun
oriented vertically, longitudinal, lengthwise, or from north to south

他在纸上画了一条纵线。

tā zài zhǐ shàng huà le yī tiáo zòng xiàn.

He drew a vertical line on the paper.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,236th most common 106.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,750th most common 29.7 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.27 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
16.3 per million

Details
Simplified
纵
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+7E31

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)