掛住

See also: 挂住

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
trad. (掛住)		掛	住
simp. (挂住)		挂	住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàjhù
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: gwà-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahjuh
    • Palladius: гуачжу (guačžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ zyu⁶
    • Yale: gwa jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ t͡syː²²/

Verb

掛住

1. (Cantonese) to think about, to miss

   我好掛住你呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我好挂住你呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ hou² gwaa³ zyu⁶ nei⁵ aa³. [Jyutping]

   I miss you so much.

2. (Cantonese) to be preoccupied with

   掛住打機飯都唔食 [Cantonese, trad.]
   挂住打机饭都唔食 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gwaa³ zyu⁶ daa² gei¹ faan⁶ dou¹ m⁴ sik⁶ [Jyutping]

   forgo eating for video games

   • 香港生死存亡，仲掛住打丁？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     香港生死存亡，仲挂住打丁？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, ThisAV [1]

     hoeng¹ gong² sang¹ sei² cyun⁴ mong⁴, zung⁶ gwaa³ zyu⁶ daa² ding¹? [Jyutping]

     Hong Kong is dealing with matters of life or death, and you're still thinking about beating your meat?

3. (Mandarin) to get caught (on a thorny object, such as a nail)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 想念 (“to miss; to think of; to yearn for”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念
Mandarin	Taiwan	想念, 想
	Singapore	想念, 想
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掛住, 掛望
	Hong Kong	掛住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	掛住
Southern Min	Xiamen	數念, 心念
	Quanzhou	數念, 心念
	Zhangzhou	數念, 心念
	Tainan	想, 數念, 思念
	Penang (Hokkien)	數念
	Singapore (Hokkien)	數念
	Manila (Hokkien)	數念
	Wenchang	想念
Wu	Shanghai	想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary
	Suzhou	牽記
	Ningbo	忖
	Jinhua	想, 忖