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挂钩 consists of 2 characters.

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Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 挂钩 with other words naturally.

Subject + Verbwith工资

gōng工

zī资

guà挂

gōu钩

neutral

salary linkage

Adverb + Verbwith直接

zhí直

jiē接

guà挂

gōu钩

Verb + Complementwith上

guà挂

shàng上

gōu钩

informalSpoken

Verb + Prepositional Phrasewith与

yǔ与

.

.

.

guà挂

gōu钩

Example Sentences with 挂钩

wǒ我

bǎ把

shū书

bāo包

guà挂

zài在

guà挂

neutral

directly linked

get hooked up

formal

be linked to

gōu钩

shàng上

。

I hung my backpack on the hook.

yuán员

gōng工

de的

jìn晋

shēng升

jī机

huì会

yìng应

yǔ与

chí持

xù续

xué学

xí习

chéng成

guǒ果

jǐn紧

mì密

guà挂

gōu钩

。

Employees' promotion opportunities should be closely linked to their continuous learning outcomes.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

jué觉

de得

tā他

de的

rè热

qíng情

yǔ与

gè个

rén人

lì利

yì益

guà挂

gōu钩

ma吗

？

Don't you think his enthusiasm is linked to personal interests?

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zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

yào要

hé和

gōng公

sī司

de的

nián年

dù度

jì计

huà划

guà挂

gōu钩

。

This project needs to be linked to the company's annual plan.

zhè这

ge个

xīn新

zhèng政

cè策

bìng并

wèi未

yǔ与

huán环

jìng

wǒ我

men们

dé得

bǎ把

shì市

chǎng场

diào调

yán研

shù数

jù

tā他

de的

gōng工

zī资

yǔ与

yè业

jì绩

zhí直

jiē接

guà

suī虽

rán然

tóu投

zī资

yǒu有

fēng风

xiǎn险

，

dàn但

gāo

境

bǎo保

hù护

de的

jù具

tǐ体

zhǐ指

biāo标

guà挂

gōu钩

。

This new policy is not linked to specific environmental protection targets.

据

yǔ与

chǎn产

pǐn品

shè设

jì计

guà挂

gōu钩

qǐ起

lái来

。

We need to link the market research data with product design.

挂

gōu钩

，

suǒ所

yǐ以

gōng工

zuò作

tè特

bié别

nǔ努

lì力

。

His salary is directly tied to his performance, so he works especially hard.

高

huí回

bào报

wǎng往

wǎng往

yǔ与

gāo高

fēng风

xiǎn险

guà挂

gōu钩

。

Although investment carries risks, high returns are often linked to high risks.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 挂钩.

Words with 挂

悬挂xuán guà
挂号guà hào
挂失guà shī
挂念guà niàn
牵挂qiān guà

Words with 钩

钩子gōu zi