掛鉤

See also: 挂钩

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	entice; hook
trad. (掛鉤)		掛	鉤
simp. (挂钩)		挂	钩
2nd round simp.		挂勾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàgōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ ngau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koa-kiêu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòa-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàgōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàgou
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-kou¹
    • Yale: gwà-gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahgou
    • Palladius: гуагоу (guagou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ ngau¹
    • Yale: gwa ngāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ ngau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ ngeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ ŋɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koa-kiêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua gieu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua⁴ gieu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯a⁵⁵ ki̯eu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa-kau
    • Tâi-lô: kuà-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarkaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/

Verb

掛鉤

1. to link up (e.g. two railway cars); to couple
2. to link up with (e.g. a friend); to establish contact with

Synonyms

• (to establish contact with):

• 串通 (chuàntōng)
• 往復／往复 (wǎngfù)
• 接觸／接触 (jiēchù)
• 聯絡／联络 (liánluò)
• 聯繫／联系 (liánxì)
• 連繫／连系 (liánxì)

 

Descendants

• 掛鉤信／挂钩信 (guàgōuxìn)

 

Noun

掛鉤

1. hook on which to hang something (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. coupling links (between two railway cars)