Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 挂碍
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
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
挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
妨碍fáng’àito hinder; to obstruct
障碍zhàng’àibarrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle
阻碍zǔ’àito obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance
碍事àishìto be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter