挂 (掛) guà

1. guà verb to hang; to suspend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 1; Kroll 2015 '掛' 1, p. 142; Unihan '掛')
2. guà verb to worry
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 2; Kroll 2015 '掛' 2, p. 142)
3. guà verb to droop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掛' 1a, p. 142)
4. guà verb to entangle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掛' 3, p. 142)
5. guà verb to wear [clothes]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 穿戴 (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 3; Kroll 2015 '掛' 4, p. 142)
6. guà verb to enroll
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 挂号 (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 4; Kroll 2015 '掛' 5, p. 142)
7. guà noun a trigram
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 挂 (Kroll 2015 '挂' 1, p. 142)
8. guà verb to carry [a smile]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '掛' v 7)
9. guà verb to hang up [the phone]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 5)
10. guà verb to make a telephone call
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 6)
11. guà verb to die
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' v 8)
12. guà measure word a row; a set
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掛'; Guoyu '掛' n 1)
13. guà verb to divine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 挂 (Kroll 2015 '挂' 2, p. 142)
14. guà verb to distinguish
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 挂 (Guoyu '挂' v 1)

Contained in

• 挂旗(掛旗) vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
• 挂钩(掛鉤) a hook to hang things on ; to hang on a hook ; coupling links for train carriages ; to couple; to link together
• 吊挂(吊掛) to suspend; to hang
• 悬挂(懸掛) to suspend; to hang ; to be concerned
• 无牵无挂(無牽無掛) to have no cares; to be carefree
• 配件挂勾(配件掛勾) accessory hook
• 挂在嘴边(掛在嘴邊) to keep saying over and over
• 披挂(披掛) to put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear
• 挂钩儿(掛鉤兒) to link together
• 倒挂(倒掛) to hang upside down; topsy-turvy and inequitable
• 垂挂(垂掛) to hang down; to be suspended
• 牛角挂书(牛角掛書) to hang one's books on cow horns; to be diligent in one's studies
• 羚羊挂角(羚羊掛角) an antelope hangs up its horns
• 挂锁(掛鎖) padlock
• 挂号(掛號) to register ; to register a letter sent by the post office
• 不足挂齿(不足掛齒) not worth mentioning
• 拖挂车(拖掛車) 18-wheeler; big rig; semi-trailer
• 劈挂拳(劈掛拳) Piguaquan Chop-Hanging Fist (Chinese Martial Art)
• 事不关己，高高挂起(事不關己，高高掛起) to feel unconcerned and let matters rest
• 挂灯结彩(挂燈結彩) to hang up laterns and tie colored ribbons
• 挂靠(掛靠) to be affiliated with; to operate under the wing of; affiliation
• 一丝不挂(一絲不掛) not wearing one thread; absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit
• 挂心(掛心) to worry; to be on one's mind
• 挂好(掛好) to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
• 大红灯笼高高挂(大紅燈籠高高掛) Raise the Red Lantern
• 挂挡(掛擋) to put into gear; to engage the gear; gear change
• 同一挂(同一掛) to have a lot in common (with sb); to get along well with each other
• 挂坠盒(掛墜盒) locket
• 金钱挂帅(金錢掛帥) caring only about money and wealth
• 挂念(掛念) to be concerned; to miss
• 拖挂(拖掛) to pull; to tow
• 挂断(掛斷) to hang up (a phone)
• 挂一漏万(掛一漏萬) to mention some but omit many others; to leave out much more than one includes
• 牵心挂肠(牽心掛腸) to worry deeply about something; extremely concerned
• 挂机(掛機) to hang up (a phone)
• 喝挂(喝掛) to get drunk; to get hammered
• 挂钟(掛鐘) wall clock
• 挂车(掛車) trailer
• 挂虑(掛慮) to worry about
• 悬挂式滑翔机(懸掛式滑翔機) hang-glider
• 挂兰(掛蘭) hanging orchid (Chlorophytum comosum); bracket plant
• 挂号信(掛號信) registered letter
• 挂在嘴上(掛在嘴上) to pay lip service to; to keep mentioning (without doing anything); to blather on about sth
• 牵挂(牽掛) to leaving hanging in suspense; to be concerned about
• 挂件(掛件) a pendant; a hanging ornament
• 何足挂齿(何足掛齒) not worth of mention
• 挂毯(掛毯) tapestry
• 张挂(張掛) to hang up a banner; to post a notice
• 挂碍(掛礙) worry

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• 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 17
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
• 第六回 Chapter 6 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
• 卷一百二十四 志第七十七 禮二十七 Volume 124 Treatises 77: Rites 27 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 6
• 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷三百十六 列傳第二百〇四 貴州土司 Volume 316 Biographies 204: Guizhou Tribal Headmen History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷二百七十一 列傳第一百五十九 賀世賢 童仲揆 羅一貫 滿桂 趙率教 官惟賢 何可綱 黃龍 金日觀 Volume 271 Biographies 159: He Shixian, Tong Zhongkui, Luo Yiguan, Man Gui, Zhao Lujiao, Guan Weixian, He Kegang, Huang Long, Jin Riguan History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷六十六　志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
• 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 5

Collocations

• 挂冠 (掛冠) 掛冠東都 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十三 列傳第五十三 隱逸 Volume 93 Biographies 53: Hermits — count: 8
• 冠挂 (冠掛) 冠掛而弗顧 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 4
• 挂网罗 (掛網羅) 舉手掛網羅 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 4
• 动挂 (動掛) 動掛網羅 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷1 帝紀第1 文帝上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Wen 1 — count: 4
• 欲挂 (欲掛) 止欲掛斾龍門 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十八 列傳第八 朱齡石 毛脩之 傅弘之 Volume 48 Biographies 8: Zhu Lingshi, Mao Xiuzhi, Fu Hongzhi — count: 3
• 上挂 (上掛) 壁上挂葛燈籠 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三 本紀第三 武帝下 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 — count: 3
• 挂网 (掛網) 挂網非一 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷77 宋翻 辛雄 羊深 楊機 高崇 Volume 77: Song Fan, Xin Xiong, Yang Shen, Yang Ji, Gao Chong — count: 3
• 挂葛 (掛葛) 壁上挂葛燈籠 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三 本紀第三 武帝下 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 — count: 3
• 挂旆 (掛旆) 思所以掛旆天山 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九 帝紀第九 太宗簡文帝 孝武帝 Volume 9 Annals 9: Emperor Jianwen; Emperor Xiaowu — count: 3
• 挂罗网 (掛羅網) 動掛羅網 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷6 帝紀第6 武帝下 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Wu 2 — count: 2