Hanzi
Traditional
掛
Simplified
挂

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)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 3

Pinyin

guà

Bopomofo

ㄍㄨㄚˋ

Jyutping

gwaa3

Example sentences

掛 / 挂 guà
牆上掛了一幅畫。
墙上挂了一幅画。

A painting hangs on the wall.

斜 xié
牆上的畫掛斜了，請把它扶正。
墙上的画挂斜了，请把它扶正。

The painting on the wall is hanging crookedly, please straighten it.

牽掛 / 牵挂 qiānguà
父母總是牽掛著在外工作的孩子。
父母总是牵挂著在外工作的孩子。

Parents always worry about their children working away from home.

懸掛 / 悬挂 xuánguà
門前懸掛著一串風鈴。
门前悬挂著一串风铃。

A string of wind chimes is hanging in front of the door.

招牌 zhāopái
街道上懸掛著五花八門的招牌，非常熱鬧。
街道上悬挂著五花八门的招牌，非常热闹。

The street is hung with a wide variety of signboards, making it very lively.

掛念 / 挂念 guàniàn
請別掛念我，我一切都好。
请别挂念我，我一切都好。

Please don't worry about me, I'm fine.

Example Vocabulary

掛

gua4

to hang; to suspend

牽掛

qian1'gua4

to worry about; to miss; to be concerned

懸掛

xuan2'gua4

to hang; to suspend

掛住

掛念

gua4'nian4

to miss; to worry about; to be concerned

掛斷

掛曆

gua4'li4

一絲不掛

yi1'si1'bu4'gua4

倒掛

dao4'gua4

吊掛

diao4'gua4

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