guà
hang up
我把衣服挂在衣架上。
wǒ bǎ yīfu guà zài yījià shàng.
I hung the clothes on the hanger.
他把海报挂在墙上。
tā bǎ hǎibào guà zài qiáng shàng.
He hung the poster on the wall.
我们把照片挂在相册里。
wǒmen bǎ zhàopiàn guà zài xiàngcè lǐ.
We put the photos in the photo album.
悬挂 (xuánguà)
hang, suspend
挂起 (guàqǐ)
hang up, put up
取 (qǔ)
take down
摘 (zhāi)
pick
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The Chinese character 挂 (guà) is composed of two parts: the radical 扌(shǒu), which indicates an action related to the hand, and the phonetic component 卦 (guà), which represents the sound. The original meaning of 挂 was "to hang something up", which can be seen in its use in words like 挂衣服 (guà yīfu) "to hang clothes" and 挂画 (guà huà) "to hang a painting". Over time, the meaning of 挂 has expanded to include other related concepts, such as "to suspend", "to attach", and "to be connected". For example, 挂号 (guà hào) means "to register for medical treatment", 挂电话 (guà diànhuà) means "to hang up the phone", and 挂念 (guàniàn) means "to be concerned about". The character 挂 can also be used as a verb meaning "to fail" or "to be defeated", as in 挂科 (guà kē) "to fail an exam" and 挂彩 (guàcǎi) "to be wounded".
