挂

挂 guà in a sentence

Hang

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 26 sentences

挂 (guà) means Hang. Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

请把大衣 挂 起来。

Qǐng bǎ dàyī guà qǐlái.

Please hang up your coat.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 挂

墙上 挂 着一张地图。

Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì zhāng dìtú.

There is a map hanging on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 挂

请把画 挂 正。

Qǐng bǎ huà guà zhèng.

Please hang the painting straight.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 正

看病要先 挂 号。

Kàn bìng yào xiān guà hào.

You need to register before seeing the doctor.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挂号

这幅画 挂 歪了。

Zhè fú huà guà wāi le.

This painting is hung crooked.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 歪

这幅画 挂 斜了。

Zhè fú huà guà xié le.

This painting is hanging at a slant.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 斜

月亮 挂 在树梢。

Yuèliang guà zài shù shāo.

The moon hangs at the treetops.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 梢

墙上 挂 着一幅画。

Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì fú huà.

A painting hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 幅

他 挂 了内科的号。

Tā guà le nèikē de hào.

He registered with internal medicine.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 内科

墙上 挂 着一面镜子。

Qiáng shàng guà zhe yí miàn jìngzi.

There is a mirror hanging on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 镜子

毛巾 挂 在卫生间里。

Máojīn guà zài wèishēngjiān lǐ.

The towel is hanging in the bathroom.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 毛巾

这封信我要 挂 号寄。

Zhè fēng xìn wǒ yào guà hào jì.

I want to send this letter by registered mail.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挂号

墙上 挂 着一本日历。

Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì běn rìlì.

A calendar hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日历

墙上 挂 着一把古剑。

Qiáng shang guàzhe yì bǎ gǔ jiàn.

An ancient sword hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 剑

墙上 挂 着一幅肖像。

Qiáng shang guàzhe yì fú xiàoxiàng.

A portrait hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肖像

走廊里 挂 着几幅画。

Zǒuláng lǐ guàzhe jǐ fú huà.

A few paintings hang in the corridor.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 走廊

这家店的执照 挂 在墙上。

Zhè jiā diàn de zhízhào guà zài qiáng shàng.

The shop's licence hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 执照

衣服 挂 在门后的钩子上。

Yīfu guà zài mén hòu de gōuzi shang.

The coat hangs on the hook behind the door.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钩子

把湿毛巾拧干再 挂 起来。

Bǎ shī máojīn nǐng gān zài guà qǐlái.

Wring the wet towel out before hanging it up.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拧

墙上悬 挂 着一幅山水画。

Qiáng shang xuánguàzhe yì fú shānshuǐ huà.

A landscape painting hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悬挂

门口悬 挂 着两只红灯笼。

Ménkǒu xuánguàzhe liǎng zhī hóng dēnglong.

Two red lanterns hang at the door.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悬挂

元宵节晚上到处 挂 着灯笼。

Yuánxiāo Jié wǎnshang dàochù guàzhe dēnglong.

On the night of the Lantern Festival lanterns hang everywhere.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 元宵节

Reading these is one thing; producing 挂 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.

From the graded readers

早上我给妈妈打电话,她只说了几句话就 挂 了。

zǎoshang wǒ gěi māma dǎdiànhuà, tā zhī shuōle jǐ / jī jù huà jiù guà le / liǎo / liào.

In the morning I rang my mum; she said a couple of words and hung up.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise

From the travel phrasebook

先去 挂 号。

Xiān qù guàhào.

Register first.

Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies

挂 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 挂

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 挂

How is 挂 used in a sentence?

This page shows 26 sentences using 挂 (guà, "Hang"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 挂 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 挂 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 挂 an HSK word?

Yes — 挂 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 挂?

The dictionary page for 挂 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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