挂
guà HSK3

hang

挂 (掛) guà
hang verb
to hang or suspend something from a hook or support

把大衣挂在钩子上。

bǎ dà​yī guà zài gōu​zi shàng.

Hang the coat on the hook.

hang up verb
to end a phone call or for a telephone line to be dead

他还没说完就挂了电话。

tā hái méi shuō wán jiù guà le diàn​huà.

He hung up the phone before he finished speaking.

shift gears verb
to engage or shift a gear in a vehicle or machinery
set verb
a classifier used for sets or clusters of objects like firecrackers or pearls

墙上挂着一挂鞭炮。

qiáng shàng guà zhe yī guà biān​pào.

A string of firecrackers is hanging on the wall.

call verb
to make a phone call (dialectal usage)

我等一下给你挂个电话。

wǒ děng yī​xià gěi nǐ guà gè diàn​huà.

I'll give you a call in a bit.

fail verb
slang for dying, being finished, or failing an exam

这次数学考试我挂了。

zhè cì shù​xué kǎo​shì wǒ guà le.

I failed the math exam this time.

register verb
to register at a hospital or make an appointment with a doctor

请问今天还可以挂一个内科的号吗？

qǐng​wèn jīn​tiān hái kě​yǐ guà yī gè nèi​kē de hào ma?

Can I still register for an internal medicine appointment today?

worry verb
to be concerned, anxious, or worried about someone or something

他心里总是挂着这件事。

tā xīn​li zǒng​shì guà zhe zhè jiàn shì.

He is always worrying about this matter.

snag verb
to become caught on a sharp or protruding object, resulting in tearing or damage

他的衣服被树枝挂裂了。

tā de yī​fu bèi shù​zhī guà liè le.

His clothes were torn by a branch.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,232nd most common 107.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,107th most common 83.5 per million appears in 37% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
103.2 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
102.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
掛
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6302

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)