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挂起

guà qǐ

2-character word Traditional 掛起

What 挂起 means

1. to hang up (a picture etc)
2. to hoist up (a flag)
3. computingto suspend (a process)
4. (of a system) to hang
5. pending (operation)

The characters in 挂起

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 请把你的外套挂起来。
  Qǐng bǎ nǐ de wàitào guàqǐ lái.
  Hang up your coat, please.
• 汤姆拧干毛巾挂起来晾干。
  Tāngmǔ níng gān máojīn guàqǐlái liànggān.
  Tom wrung out the towel and hung it up to dry.

Words containing 挂起

• 事不关己，高高挂起shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐto feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)