挂

guà

to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone)

Traditional 掛

HSK 3.0 · Level 3 HSK 2.0 · Level 4 verbmeasure word

Meaning

guà gua4

to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
to hang up (the phone)
(of a line) to be dead
to be worried or concerned
to make a phone call (dialect)
to register or record
classifier for sets or clusters of objects
(slang) to kill
to die
to be finished
to fail (an exam)

Example sentences

tā他bǎ把tā他de的wàiyī外衣guà挂zài在le了yījià衣架shàng上。

He hung his jacket on the coat stand.
qǐng请bǎ把nǐ你de的wàitào外套guà挂qǐlái起来。

Hang up your coat, please.
wǒ我zǔfù祖父de的zhàopiàn照片zài在qiángshàng墙上guà挂zhe着。

My grandfather's photograph is on the wall.
wǒ我bǎ把wǒ我de的màozi帽子guà挂zài在guàgōu挂钩shàng上。

I hung my hat on the peg.

HSK words with 挂

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