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挂钩
(guà gōu): Hook / Link (Verb, Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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挂 • guà • hang up • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
guà
挂
hang up
钩 • gōu • hook • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
gōu
钩
hook
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 挂钩.
Words with
挂
挂号
guà hào
register; send by registered mail
悬挂
xuán guà
hang; fly; suspend
挂失
guà shī
Report loss / Report missing
挂念
guà niàn
Be concerned about / Worry about
牵挂
qiān guà
worry about / be concerned about
挂毯
guà tǎn
tapestry
Words with
钩
钩子
gōu zi
hook; hanger
上钩
shàng gōu
to take the bait; to be hooked
鱼钩
yú gōu
fishhook
4.
How to Use 挂钩 in Sentences
Subject + Verb
with
工资
gōng
工
zī
资
guà
挂
gōu
钩
neutral
salary linkage
Adverb + Verb
with
直接
zhí
直
jiē
接
guà
挂
gōu
钩
Verb + Complement
with
上
guà
挂
shàng
上
gōu
钩
informal
Spoken
Verb + Prepositional Phrase
with
与
yǔ
与
.
.
.
guà
挂
gōu
钩
5.
Example Sentences with 挂钩
wǒ
我
bǎ
把
shū
书
bāo
包
guà
挂
zài
在
guà
neutral
directly linked
get hooked up
formal
be linked to
挂
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?
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
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.