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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

挂 [guà]
  1. 1. verb [吊] hang
  2. 2. verb [中断电话] hang up
    他愤怒地把电话挂了。
    He hung up angrily.
  3. 3. verb [接通电话] connect
    请挂传达室。
    Can you please put me through to reception?
  4. 4. verb [钩] hitch … up

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

挂 [guà]
  1. 1. verb hang; put up; string
    把这件事先挂一挂再说。
    Let's leave the matter aside for the moment.
    天上挂着一轮明月。
    A bright moon hung in the sky.
    把地图挂在墙上。
    Put (or Hang) the map up on the wall.
  2. 2. verb hang up; ring off
    你先别挂，等我查一下。
    Hold the line while I find out.
    我还没有来得及问他名字，他就把电话挂了。
    He hung up (or rang off) before I could ask his name.
  3. 3. verb [Dialect] call (or phone, ring) up; put somebody through to
    我呆会儿再给他挂电话。
    I'll ring him up again.
  4. 4. verb hitch; get caught
    她的衣服给钉子挂住了。
    Her dress got caught on a nail.
    把拖车挂上。
    Hitch up the trailer.
  5. 5. verb [Dialect] be concerned about
    时刻把群众的利益挂在心上
    always have the welfare of the masses at heart
  6. 6. verb [Dialect] be covered with; be coated with
    瓦盆里面挂一层釉子。
    The earthen pot is glazed inside.
    他脸上挂了一层尘土。
    His face was covered with dust.
  7. 7. verb register (at a hospital, etc.)
    我要挂外科。
    I want to register for surgery. or Surgery, please.
  8. 8. measure word a set or string (of things)
    一挂珠子
    a string of pearls
    十多挂鞭炮
    a dozen strings of firecrackers
    一挂大车
    a horse and cart

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

挂 [guà]
  1. 1. 动 用钩子、钉子等使物体悬在某个地方
    墙上挂着字画
    把帽子挂在衣架上
    悬挂
    红日高挂
  2. 2. 动 惦念；惦记
    挂着家里的事
    挂念
    牵挂
  3. 3. 动 表面带着；蒙着
    脸上挂着笑容
    玻璃上挂了一层霜
  4. 4. 动 放置；搁置
    这个问题先挂起来
  5. 5. 动 钩住；绊住
    风筝挂到树上了
    把衣服挂了个口子
  6. 6. 动 把听筒放回电话机上，使线路切断
    电话不要挂，我给你找人去
  7. 7. 动 接通电话；打电话
    给我挂个电话
  8. 8. 量 a)用于成串成套可以悬挂的东西
    一挂鞭炮
    一挂朝珠
  9. 9. b)用于畜力车
    一挂大车
  10. 10. 动 登记
    挂失
    挂号
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Examples

他踩在凳子上挂窗帘。
He stepped onto the stool to put up the curtains.
挂灯笼
hang a lantern
他把电话挂了。
He's hung up.
把画像端端正正地挂起来
hang the portrait straight
墙上挂着的丝瓜都已经给风吹干瘪了。
The towel gourds hanging on the wall have been dried out by the wind.
天上挂着一轮明月。
A bright moon hung in the sky.
我呆会儿再给他挂电话。
I'll ring him up again.
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Character Decomposition

扌
[shǒu]		 + 圭
[guī]

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