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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)

挂号
guàhào
to register (at a hospital etc)
HSK 5
挂牌
guàpái
lit. to hang up a plate
挂碍
guàài
worry
挂线
guàxiàn
to hang up the phone
挂镰
guàlián
to complete the year's harvest
挂职
guàzhí
temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CPC post
挂兰
guàlán
hanging orchid (Chlorophytum comosum)
挂钩
guàgōu
hook (on which to hang sth)
挂锁
guàsuǒ
padlock
挂钟
guàzhōng
wall clock
吊挂
diàoguà
to suspend
喝挂
hēguà
(coll.) to get drunk
垂挂
chuíguà
to hang down
壁挂
bìguà
wall hanging
倒挂
dàoguà
lit. to hang upside down
挂齿
guàchǐ
to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")
张挂
zhāngguà
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
悬挂
xuánguà
to suspend
HSK 6
挂面
guàmiàn
pasta
挂马
guàmǎ
Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program (computing)

Metadata

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

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