(guà) - to hang, to hang up (a call) in Mandarin
guàTraditional: 掛
Translation
to hang, to hang up (a call)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the hand radical marking the action and a phonetic element. It means to suspend or hang something.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 扌 (hand) + 圭 (guī, phonetic)
Stroke order
挂
Examples
墙幅。
A painting hangs on the wall.
套。
Please hang up your coat.
。
He angrily hung up the phone.
口红灯笼。
Red lanterns hang at the doorway.
，。
Do not hang up, I still have something to say.
挂 (guà) means to hang, and also to hang up a phone call. 挂电话 is the everyday phrase for ending a call.
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