掛靠

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (掛靠)		掛	靠
simp. (挂靠)		挂	靠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàkào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ kaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàkào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄎㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàkào
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-kʻao⁴
    • Yale: gwà-kàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahkaw
    • Palladius: гуакао (guakao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ kaau³
    • Yale: gwa kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ kʰaːu̯³³/

Verb

掛靠

1. to be attached to a major department; to be affiliated to (an institution, one's relative's family, etc.)