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)

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• 挂毯(掛毯) tapestry
• 挂灯结彩(挂燈結彩) to hang up laterns and tie colored ribbons
• 记挂(記掛) to be concerned; to miss
• 挂碍(掛礙) worry
• 挂号证(掛號證) register card
• 挂在嘴上(掛在嘴上) to pay lip service to; to keep mentioning (without doing anything); to blather on about sth
• 挂虑(掛慮) to worry about
• 喝挂(喝掛) to get drunk; to get hammered
• 事不关己，高高挂起(事不關己，高高掛起) to feel unconcerned and let matters rest
• 挂科(掛科) to fail (a course)
• 挂羊头卖狗肉(掛羊頭賣狗肉) to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat; to cheat; dishonest advertising
• 蒸汽挂烫机(蒸汽掛燙機) garment steamer
• 拖挂车(拖掛車) 18-wheeler; big rig; semi-trailer
• 悬挂式滑翔机(懸掛式滑翔機) hang-glider
• 挂钟(掛鐘) wall clock
• 分数挂帅(分數掛帥) preoccupied with school grades; overemphasis on test scores
• 挂彩(掛彩) to decorate for festive occasions; to be wounded in action
• 挂车(掛車) trailer
• 牵心挂肠(牽心掛腸) to worry deeply about something; extremely concerned
• 挂号(掛號) to register ; to register a letter sent by the post office
• 自动挂挡(自動掛擋) automatic gear change
• 披挂(披掛) to put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear
• 挂念(掛念) to be concerned; to miss
• 挂机(掛機) to hang up (a phone)
• 挂号信(掛號信) registered letter
• 配件挂勾(配件掛勾) accessory hook
• 挂齿(掛齒) to mention
• 挂锁(掛鎖) padlock
• 吊挂(吊掛) to suspend; to hang
• 挂孝(掛孝) to wear mourning clothes
• 何足挂齿(何足掛齒) not worth of mention
• 挂件(掛件) a pendant; a hanging ornament
• 大红灯笼高高挂(大紅燈籠高高掛) Raise the Red Lantern
• 牵肠挂肚(牽腸掛肚) deeply worried; to feel anxious
• 活动挂图(活動掛圖) flipchart
• 外挂(外掛) attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on
• 挂镰(掛鐮) to complete the year's harvest
• 牛角挂书(牛角掛書) to hang one's books on cow horns; to be diligent in one's studies
• 挂一漏万(掛一漏萬) to mention some but omit many others; to leave out much more than one includes
• 挂职(掛職) temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CPC post
• 挂在嘴边(掛在嘴邊) to keep saying over and over
• 牵挂(牽掛) to leaving hanging in suspense; to be concerned about
• 无牵无挂(無牽無掛) to have no cares; to be carefree
• 挂水(掛水) to put somebody on an intravenous drip
• 挂图(掛圖) wall map; wall chart
• 不足挂齿(不足掛齒) not worth mentioning
• 挂果(掛果) (of a tree) to bear fruit
• 挂灯结綵(挂燈結綵) to hang up laterns and tie colored ribbons
• 挂帅(掛帥) to be in command ; to dominate over other considerations; to be given overemphasis
• 一丝不挂(一絲不掛) not wearing one thread; absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit

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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
• 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
• 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
• 第六回 Chapter 6 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
• 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
• 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 挂冕 (掛冕) 是以東都有挂冕之臣 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷四五　列傳第三七　 文苑 Volume 45 Biographies 37: Men of Letters — count: 2