挂 guà

hang, suspend; suspense

HSK 4 #1232

DEFINITIONS

  • hang, suspend
  • suspense
  • to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
  • to hang up (the phone)
  • (of a line) to be dead
  • to be worried or concerned
  • to make a phone call (dialect)
  • to register or record
  • classifier for sets or clusters of objects
  • (slang) to kill
  • to die
  • to be finished
  • to fail (an exam)

STROKES

WORDS

挂号 guà hào
HSK 5
to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
悬挂 xuán guà
HSK 6
to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
牵挂 qiān guà to worry about; to be concerned about
挂念 guà niàn concerned
挂毯 guà tǎn tapestry
挂钩 guà gōu hook (on which to hang sth); to couple; to link together; to establish contact with; hook; coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches)
挂号信 guà hào xìn registered letter
挂彩 guà cǎi to decorate for festive occasions; to be wounded in action
挂心 guà xīn to worry; to be on one's mind
挂车 guà chē trailer
挂牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate; to open up for business; listed (on stock market)
挂锁 guà suǒ padlock
倒挂 dào guà lit. to hang upside down; fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods); to borrow more than one can ever repay
挂历 guà lì wall calendar
挂失 guà shī to report the loss of something
挂钟 guà zhōng wall clock
披挂 pī guà to put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear
外挂 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on; special software used to cheat in an online game
挂虑 guà lǜ to worry about
挂怀 guà huái concerned; troubled; having sth on one's mind
挂羊头卖狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom); fig. to cheat; dishonest advertising; wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
挂职 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post
挂花 guà huā to be wounded; (of plants) to bloom
挂轴 guà zhóu hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)
挂靠 guà kào to be affiliated with; to operate under the wing of; affiliation
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