English
- hang, suspend
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
- (verb) to miss (someone); (adverb) maybe
- to hang up; to suspend; to attach to
- suspense
- to hang up (the phone)
- to issue a tropical cyclone signal
- (of a line) to be dead
- to miss or think of; used less frequently than 掛住 gwaa3zyu6 and before a complement i.e. either the adverb 死 sei2 or a clause starting with the affix 到 dou3
- to be worried; to be concerned
- (dialect) to make a phone call
- to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
- (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
- classifier for sets or clusters of objects
粵語
- 利用繩索、鈎、釘等令物體依附喺一個離開地面嘅支點
- 懸掛、發出風球訊號
- 即係「掛住」，但係少用過佢，而且後面需要接住補語，即係副詞「死」或者以詞綴「到」開頭嘅子句
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 掛
- 掛名gwaa3 meng2
to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of
- 掛住gwaa3 zyu6
to get caught (entangled)
- 掛單gwaa3 daan1
see 掛褡|挂褡[gua4 da1]
- 記掛gei3 gwaa3
(dialect) to keep thinking about (sth); to have (sth) on one's mind
- 外掛ngoi6 gwaa3
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on
- 掛牌gwaa3 paai4
lit. to hang up a plate
- 懸掛jyun4 gwaa3
to suspend
- 掛心gwaa3 sam1
to worry
- 掛線gwaa3 sin3
to hang up the phone
- 掛機gwaa3 gei1
to hang up (a phone)
- 倒掛dou3 gwaa3
lit. to hang upside down
- 掛職gwaa3 zik1
temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post
- 掛鐘gwaa3 zung1
wall clock
- 掛望gwaa3 mong6
verb; thought or worry for something; eager about something
- 掛號gwaa3 hou6
to register (at a hospital etc)
- 掛念gwaa3 nim6
to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind
- 牽掛hin1 gwaa3
to worry about
- 掛彩gwaa3 coi2
to decorate for festive occasions
- 掛斷gwaa3 tyun5
to hang up (a phone)
- 掛帥gwaa3 seoi3
to take command; to be in command
- 掛勾gwaa3 ngau1
linked; to hang a hook
- 掛靴gwaa3 hoe1
(sports) to hang up one's boots; to retire
- 掛好gwaa3 hou2
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
- 掛圖gwaa3 tou4
wall chart