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挂

guà

Traditional: 掛

to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

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Meaning of 挂 in English

guàHSK 4verbSyllabus #1268
  1. to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
  2. to hang up (the phone)
  3. to be worried; to be concerned
  4. to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
  5. (of a line) to be dead
  6. (dialect) to make a phone call
  7. (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
  8. classifier for sets or clusters of objects

Example sentences

  1. 我祖父的照片在墙上挂着。
    wǒ zǔ fù de zhào piān zài qiáng shàng guà zhe。
    My grandfather's photograph is on the wall.
    Tatoeba #5983610 by verdastelo9604 · #2841161 by Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆拧干毛巾挂起来晾干。
    tāng mǔ níng gàn máo jīn guà qǐ lái liàng gān。
    Tom wrung out the towel and hung it up to dry.
    Tatoeba #4757251 by ryanwoo · #4757137 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 他把一盏灯挂在了天花板上。
    tā bǎ yī zhǎn dēng guà zài le tiān huā bǎn shàng。
    He hung a lamp from the ceiling.
    Tatoeba #444611 by fucongcong · #301752 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Characters

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HSK words with 挂

挂号HSK 5挂钩HSK 7–9挂念HSK 7–9挂失HSK 7–9牵挂HSK 7–9悬挂HSK 7–9

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