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挂起
guàqǐ
Main
English Definitionto hang up (a picture etc); to hoist up (a flag); (computing) to suspend (a process); (of a system) to hang; pending (operation)
Simplified Script挂起
Traditional Script掛起
Pinyinguàqǐ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gwaa3hei2
Word Decomposition
guàto hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; measure word for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); measure word for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; measure word for groups: batch, group

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
挂号信guàhào xìnregistered letter
挂牌guàpáilit. to hang up a plate; to open up for business; listed (on stock market)
挂上guàshangto hang up (telephone or picture)
挂帅guàshuàito be in command; (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be given overemphasis
Words With Same Tail Word    
引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
发起fāqǐto originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose something (for the first time)
提起tíqǐto mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
看得起kàn de qǐto show respect for; to think highly of
兴起xīngqǐto rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
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