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掛住

简 挂住 · 繁 掛住
Mandarin · pinyin guà zhù

Meanings

  1. to get caught (entangled)
  2. to catch (on sth)
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掛
guà · hang, suspend; suspense
住
zhù · reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop
挂
guà · hang, suspend; suspense
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4–4 · gua4 zhu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwaa3 zyu6

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

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gwaa3 zyu6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. (Cantonese) to think about, to miss
  2. (Cantonese) to be preoccupied with
  3. (Mandarin) to get caught (on a thorny object, such as a nail)

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