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掛

简挂 · 繁掛

Mandarin · pinyin guà

to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
to hang up (the phone)
(of a line) to be dead
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

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掛: guà · hang, suspend; suspense
挂: guà · hang, suspend; suspense

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4 · gua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwaa3 · kwaa3

Cantonese word readings for 掛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to hang; to suspend
to put aside (a matter, a case, etc.)
to put someone through (in a phone call); to call up; to ring up
to hang up; to terminate a phone call
to catch (something); to trap; to snag
to be covered or coated with
(literary or Southern Min) to wear
to worry; to be concerned
to register; to enroll
(colloquial) to fail an exam; to have a non-passing grade in a course
(humorous, colloquial) to die
(video games) cheating plug-in or software
Classifier for sets or strings of objects.
(hospitality) to bill

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