挂 (guà) is a Chinese word meaning “to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead”.
Meanings
- 1to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
- 2to hang up (the phone)
- 3(of a line) to be dead
- 4to be worried; to be concerned
- 5(dialect) to make a phone call
- 6to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
- 7(slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
- 8classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
牵挂to worry about挂念to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind悬挂to suspend挂毯tapestry挂钩to couple; to link; to hook together挂号信registered letter挂彩to decorate for festive occasions挂名to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of挂心to worry挂车trailer挂号to register (at a hospital etc)挂牌lit. to hang up a plate