挂

掛

guàㄍㄨㄚˋ

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HSK 3 TOCFL 3

Meaning

Meanings

1
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
2
to hang up (the phone)
3
(of a line) to be dead
4
to be worried; to be concerned
5
(dialect) to make a phone call
6
to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
7
(slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
8
classifier for sets or clusters of objects

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她把画挂反了。

她把畫掛反了。

She hung the picture upside down.

为了详述它们的价值观，公司常常在它们的册子里，在网站上或者在办公室里挂着有五到十个“目标宣言”的单子，作为一种对雇员、顾客和民众的交流。

爲了詳述它們的價值觀，公司常常在它們的冊子裏，在網站上或者在辦公室裏掛着有五到十個“目標宣言”的單子，作爲一種對僱員、顧客和民衆的交流。

Businesses often have a list of 5-10 'mission statements' featured in their brochures, on their websites or hanging in their office detailing the values they hold as a form of communication to their employees, their clients and the public.

墙上挂着一顶帽子和一件大衣。

牆上掛着一頂帽子和一件大衣。

There were a hat and a coat on the wall.

我不想挂科。

我不想掛科。

I don't want to fail my exams.

苹果树上挂着美丽的花朵。

蘋果樹上掛着美麗的花朵。

The apple tree has a beautiful blossom.

Related: 挂

挂失

guà shī

to report the loss of something

挂号

guà hào

to register (at a hospital etc)

挂号信

guà hào xìn

registered letter

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