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Character Decomposition
挂=扌+圭
Etymology
hand
Meanings
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
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Words with 挂 134 total
to hang down · suspended垂挂chuí guàwall hanging壁挂bì guàlit. to hang upside down · fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) · to borrow more than one can ever repay倒挂dào guàice (rime) formed on a tree树挂shù guàto suspend · to hang · (vehicle) suspension悬挂xuán guàto pull · to tow拖挂tuō guàto hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)张挂zhāng guàto suspend · to hang吊挂diào guà(coll.) to get drunk · to get hammered喝挂hē guàattached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on · special software used to cheat in an online game外挂wài guàto put on a suit of armor · to put on dress · to wear披挂pī guàto get caught (entangled) · to catch (on sth)挂住guà zhùto attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of · nominal; in name only挂名guà míngwall chart挂图guà túto report the loss of something挂失guà shīto hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)挂好guà hǎoto take command; to be in command · (fig.) to take precedence; to be paramount; to be given top priority挂帅guà shuàito decorate for festive occasions · to be wounded in action挂彩guà cǎito worry · to be on one's mind挂心guà xīnto feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind挂念guà niànto worry about挂虑guà lu:4concerned · troubled · having sth on one's mind挂怀guà huáito put into gear · to engage the gear · gear change挂挡guà dǎngto hang up (a phone)挂断guà duàn
Idioms with 挂 35 total Chain
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