HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

挂钩

guàgōu

Traditional: 掛鉤

to couple; to link; to hook together

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Meaning of 挂钩 in English

guàgōuHSK 7–9verb, nounSyllabus #6866
  1. to couple; to link; to hook together
  2. hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
  3. (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity})
  4. (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc)

Characters

挂 on its own →
guà · to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

HSK words with 挂

挂HSK 4挂号HSK 5挂念HSK 7–9挂失HSK 7–9牵挂HSK 7–9悬挂HSK 7–9
钩 on its own →
gōu · hook

HSK words with 钩

钩HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences