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挂钩

guà gōu

2-character word Traditional 掛鉤

What 挂钩 means

1. to couple; to link; to hook together
2. (fig.) (preceded by {与|yǔ} + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity})
3. (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc)
4. hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling

The characters in 挂钩

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 钩gōuto hook; to sew; to crochet

Example sentences

• 我把我的帽子挂在挂钩上。
  Wǒ bǎ wǒ de màozi guà zài guàgōu shàng.
  I hung my hat on the peg.
• 汤姆将他的衬衣挂在了挂钩上。
  Tom hung his shirt on a coat hook.
• 齐里在车库里装上了用来挂园艺工具的挂钩。
  Ziri put up hooks for gardening tools in the garage.
• 在很多人的印象中，五声音阶往往与中国音乐挂钩。
  For many individuals, the pentatonic scale is associated with Chinese music.

Words starting with 挂钩

• 挂钩儿guà gōu rerhua variant of 挂钩