Chinese word dictionary

挂钩

guàgōu · to 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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified挂钩

Traditional掛鉤

Pinyinguàgōu

Part of speech动、名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

挂guà

to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense

钩gōu

hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link

How to learn 挂钩

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Words with the same characters

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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

挂号guàhào

to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail

钩gōu

to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch; variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]

挂念guàniàn

to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind

挂失guàshī

to report the loss of something

牵挂qiānguà

to worry about; to be concerned about