挂 guà
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挂失
guàshī
to report the loss of something
Characters in this word
失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 护照遗失后，她立即向领事馆挂失，并申请临时旅行证件。 Hùzhào yíshī hòu, tā lìjí xiàng lǐngshìguǎn guàshī, bìng shēnqǐng línshí lǚxíng zhèngjiàn. After losing her passport, she immediately reported it to the consulate and applied for temporary travel documents.
- 我的银行卡丢了，得赶紧去银行挂失。 Wǒ de yínháng kǎ diū le, děi gǎnjǐn qù yínháng guàshī. I've lost my bank card and must hurry to the bank to report it lost.
- 学生证丢了以后，要先挂失再补办。 Xuéshēngzhèng diū le yǐhòu, yào xiān guàshī zài bǔbàn. After losing a student ID, you must first report it lost and then apply for a replacement.
Related words
- 挂 guà to hang
- 挂钩 guàgōu to link with; hook
- 挂念 guàniàn to miss; to worry about
- 牵挂 qiānguà to worry about; to miss; to be concerned about
- 悬挂 xuánguà to hang; to suspend
- 失去 shīqù to lose
- 消失 xiāoshī to disappear
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 失业 shīyè to lose one's job; unemployment
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 损失 sǔnshī loss; damage