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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 挂钩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
挂钩 guà gōu - 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 26,350 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
gōu- variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]
gōu- to hook
- to sew
- to crochet
- hook
- check mark or tick
- window catch

Other Words Containing 挂钩

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
挂钩 - 9 26,350 - -