Chinese–EnglishWith examples
挂
guà · gua
Traditional 掛
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
- to hang up (the phone)
- (of a line) to be dead
- to be worried; to be concerned
- (dialect) to make a phone call
- to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
- (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
- classifier for sets or clusters of objects
In a sentence
2 examples01
墙上挂着一顶帽子和一件大衣。
There were a hat and a coat on the wall.
Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
02
汤姆将他的衬衣挂在了挂钩上。
Tom hung his shirt on a coat hook.
Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.
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