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挂
掛
guà
1. to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
2. to hang up (the phone)
3. to hang (computing)
4. to be worried or concerned
5. to make a phone call (dialect)
6. to register or record
7. to hitch
8. classifier for sets or clusters of objects
9. (slang) to kill
10. to die
11. to be finished
12. to fail (an exam)
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

挂
guà
to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

倒挂
dàoguà
lit. to hang upside down
吊挂
diàoguà
to suspend
喝挂
hēguà
(coll.) to get drunk
垂挂
chuíguà
to hang down
壁挂
bìguà
wall hanging
张挂
zhāngguà
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
悬挂
xuánguà
to suspend
HSK 6
披挂
pīguà
to put on a suit of armor
拖挂
tuōguà
to pull
挂住
guàzhù
to get caught (entangled)
挂失
guàshī
to report the loss of something
挂好
guàhǎo
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
挂帅
guàshuài
to take command
挂彩
guàcǎi
to decorate for festive occasions
挂心
guàxīn
to worry
挂念
guàniàn
concerned
挂虑
guàlǚ
to worry about
挂怀
guàhuái
concerned
挂挡
guàdǎng
to put into gear
挂断
guàduàn
to hang up (a phone)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,231
Word Frequency Rank
1,304 of 84,292

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