Word information
Simplified挂挡
Traditional掛擋
Pinyinguà dǎng
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 挂挡
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挂guà
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission); variant of 擋|挡[dang3]
挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
阻挡zǔdǎngto stop; to resist; to obstruct
抵挡dǐdǎngto resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
挂钩guàgōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}); (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc); hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling