悬挂
xuánguà
to hang; to suspend
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 博物馆大厅悬挂着一幅记录海上贸易史的巨型地图。 Bówùguǎn dàtīng xuánguà zhe yì fú jìlù hǎishàng màoyì shǐ de jùxíng dìtú. A giant map recording the history of maritime trade hangs in the museum hall.
- 广场上悬挂着两面巨大的红色旗帜。 Guǎngchǎng shàng xuánguàzhe liǎng miàn jùdà de hóngsè qízhì. Two huge red banners hang in the square.
- 他把全家福悬挂在客厅最显眼的墙上。 Tā bǎ quánjiāfú xuánguà zài kètīng zuì xiǎnyǎn de qiáng shàng. He hung the family photo on the most prominent wall in the living room.
Related words
- 悬 xuán to hang; to suspend; unresolved
- 悬念 xuánniàn suspense; unresolved question
- 悬殊 xuánshū vastly different; large disparity
- 悬崖 xuányá cliff; precipice
- 挂 guà to hang
- 挂钩 guàgōu to link with; hook
- 挂念 guàniàn to miss; to worry about
- 挂失 guàshī to report the loss of something
- 牵挂 qiānguà to worry about; to miss; to be concerned about
- 退回 tuìhuí to return; to send back
- 张贴 zhāngtiē to post; to put up
- 捂 wǔ to cover; to hold over