Dictionary/挂

挂 掛

挂 guà

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

Characters

Examples

wǒ我bǎ把chèn yī衬衣guà挂zài在le了yī jià衣架shàng上。
我把衬衣挂在了衣架上。
I hung the shirt on the coat hanger.
请先不要挂上电话。
Please do not hang up the phone.
我不想挂科。
I don't want to fail my exams.

See also: words & characters pronounced guà