# 纵横交错 (zònghéngjiāocuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 纵横交错 (zònghéngjiāocuò) means “crisscrossing in every direction”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: crisscrossing in every direction
- Pinyin: zònghéngjiāocuò (zong4 heng2 jiao1 cuo4)
- Traditional: 縱橫交錯
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 老城里的街巷纵横交错。
  Lǎochéng lǐ de jiēxiàng zònghéngjiāocuò.
  Streets and alleys in the old town crisscross everywhere.

## Characters

- 纵 (zòng): vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); to release (a captive)
- [横](https://hanziro.com/word/heng-horizontal/) (héng): horizontal; across
- [交](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-hand-over/) (jiāo): to hand over; to pay
- [错](https://hanziro.com/word/cuo-wrong/) (cuò): wrong; mistake

https://hanziro.com/word/zong-heng-jiao-cuo-crisscrossing-in-every/

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