掛住 (gwaa3 zyu6 | gua4 zhu4) : keep thinking about; look forward to

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掛住

gwaa3 zyu6

gua4 zhu4

[1] keep thinking about; be anxious about; worry | [國] 掛念 , 惦念
[2] look forward to; be preoccupied/engrossed in | [國] 盼望; 巴望

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 52,400

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

掛住 / 挂住

This word has been viewed 10976 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 24th Jul 2004 17:40 and last edited on 9th Jun 2014 11:25

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掛 gwaa3 - hang up
住 zyu6 - live, reside, stay

1 compounds containing this word:

掛住屋企 - miss home

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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]

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