guà

hang, suspend; suspense

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)

WORDS

羊頭賣狗肉 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
職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post
花 guà huā to be wounded; (of plants) to bloom
蘭 guà lán hanging orchid (Chlorophytum comosum); bracket plant
號 guà hào to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
號信 guà hào xìn registered letter
號證 guà hào zhèng register card
褡 guà dā (of a monk) to take residence at a temple
起 guà qǐ to hang up (a picture etc); to hoist up (a flag); (computing) to suspend (a process); (of a system) to hang; pending (operation)
車 guà chē trailer
軸 guà zhóu hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)
鉤 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)
鉤兒 guà gōu r erhua variant of 掛鉤|挂钩[gua4 gou1]
鎖 guà suǒ padlock
鐘 guà zhōng wall clock
鐮 guà lián to complete the year's harvest
靠 guà kào to be affiliated with; to operate under the wing of; affiliation
馬 guà mǎ Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program (computing)
麵 guà miàn pasta; noodles
齒 guà chǐ to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")
shù guà ice (rime) formed on a tree
活動圖 huó dòng guà tú flipchart
無牽無 wú qiān wú guà to have no cares; to be carefree
牛角書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom); fig. to be diligent in one's studies
牽心腸 qiān xīn guà cháng to worry deeply about sth; extremely concerned