掛 (gwaa3 | gua4) : hang up

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掛

gwaa3

gua4

[1] hang up; suspend; hook
[2] care for; be concerned about
[3] [v] register; record

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

掛 / 挂

This word has been viewed 11975 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:47

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掛住 gwaa3 zyu6 gua4 zhu4 = keep thinking about; look forward to 粵

懸掛 jyun4 gwaa3 xuan2 gua4 = suspension (of a vehicle); to hang

掛號 gwaa3 hou6 gua4 hao4 = to register

掛念 gwaa3 nim6 gua4 nian4 = to worry about sb.

掛鉤 gwaa3 ngau1 gua4 gou1 = to link up

掛名 gwaa3 meng2 gua4 ming2 = nominal; only in name; titular

掛帥 gwaa3 seoi3 = assume leadership; be in command

掛勾 gwaa3 ngau1 = hook

掛號信 gwaa3 hou6 seon3 gua4 hao4 xin4 = registered mail

記掛 gei3 gwaa3 = to be concerned about; to keep thinking about; to miss; to be constantly on one's mind 粵
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Showing all 3 examples containing 掛

我日日掛住去玩。粵
Every day, my mind is on playing.

佢成日掛住去蒲，唔想返學。粵
He'd rather go out partying than go to school.
[Lit. He always miss hang out, not want return school. Less idiomatically: He misses hanging out, he doesn't want to go to school. See http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134171,page=1]

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 掛
Unicode code for this character: U+639b (off-site link)

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