HSK 6 · Verbs

悬挂 xuánguà “to hang” in Chinese

Traditional 懸掛

What 悬挂 means

  1. to hang
  2. to suspend
  3. (vehicle) suspension

How to say 悬挂

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale悬xuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale挂guà4th tone, falling

悬挂 in a sentence

  1. 他的画被悬挂在墙上。

    Tā de huà bèi xuánguà zài qiáng shàng.

    His paintings were hung on the wall.

    Sentence #1501746 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 人们普遍认为悬挂式滑翔运动是危险的。

    Rénmen pǔbiàn rènwéi xuánguàshì huáxiáng yùndòng shì wēixiǎn de.

    People generally think hang-gliding is dangerous.

    Sentence #1408104 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 悬挂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 悬 (xuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
悬xuánto hang or suspend
  • 县county · xiàn
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 挂 (guà) with each of its parts in a different colour
挂guàto hang; to suspend
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 圭jade tablet · guīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 圭 (guī) hints at the sound. Compare it with guà.

How to write 悬挂

悬 11 strokes · 挂 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

悬挂 (xuánguà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 悬挂 (xuánguà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 悬挂

Words with 悬

悬殊xuánshū · very different悬念xuánniàn · suspense悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff

Words with 挂

挂guà · to hang (on a hook or wall)挂号guàhào · to register (at a hospital)

More words: Common Verbs

牺牲xīshēng · to sacrifice修复xiūfù · to repair修建xiūjiàn · to build选拔xuǎnbá · to select (the best)炫耀xuànyào · to show off旋转xuánzhuǎn · to rotate削弱xuēruò · to weaken寻觅xúnmì · to seek

FAQs

悬挂 (xuánguà) means “to hang” or “to suspend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuánguà: xuán with a 2nd tone, then guà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 悬挂 is written 懸掛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuangua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 悬挂 from the suggestions. Typing xuangua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
悬挂 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.