掛靴

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	sneakers
trad. (掛靴)		掛	靴
simp. (挂靴)		挂	靴

Etymology

Altered from 掛冠／挂冠 (guàguān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàxuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ hoe¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàxuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàsyue
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-hsüeh¹
    • Yale: gwà-sywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahshiue
    • Palladius: гуасюэ (guasjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ hoe¹
    • Yale: gwa hēu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ hoe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ hê¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ hœː⁵⁵/

Verb

掛⫽靴 (verb-object)

1. (of a footballer, athlete, skater, etc.) to retire