挂 meaning and pronunciation

挂
Simplified/traditional character

挂 English definition

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

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 卦 : divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1];
  • 絓 : to hinder; to offend; to form; unique;
  • 罫 : squares of a chess board;
  • 褂 : Chinese-style unlined garment; gown;
  • 诖 : to deceive; to disturb;

Sentences examples with 挂

  • 请先别挂电话。
    Qǐng xiān bié guà diànhuà.
  • 我们把画儿挂在墙上吧。
    Wǒmen bǎ huà er guà zài qiáng shàng ba.
  • 客厅正面的墙上，正中挂着父的画像。
    Kètīng zhèngmiàn de qiáng shàng, zhèngzhòng guàzhe fù de huàxiàng.

Words containing 挂, by HSK level

励 键