挂

• 拼音: guà
• 汉字拆解: 挂 = 扌(hand) + 卦 (divination trigram, phonetic) — to hang with the hand

含义

To hang; to put up; to hang up. To suspend something from above or to end a phone call.

A versatile verb with several uses: (1) to hang or suspend something — 挂画 (hang a painting), 挂衣服 (hang up clothes); (2) to hang up the phone — 挂电话; (3) to register at a hospital — 挂号. Also appears in 牵挂 (to worry about someone).

例句

1. 请把这幅画挂在墙上。
2. 她把洗好的衣服挂在阳台上。
3. 他说完就挂了电话。

用法指南

语境: everyday, home, phone

语气: practical

正确说法

• 墙上挂着一张全家福。(A family photo is hanging on the wall.)
• 别着急挂电话，我还有话说。(Don't hang up yet — I still have something to say.)

错误说法

• 我把书挂在桌子上。(Don't use 挂 for placing things on a flat surface — it means to suspend from above. Say 我把书放在桌子上.)

起源与历史

Pictophonetic character: 扌 (hand radical) + 卦 (divination sign, phonetic). The hand radical suggests the action of hanging something up with one's hand.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal