Chinese words starting with “gua”
11 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable gua. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first.
Initial g · final ua · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 5
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 5
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
All 11 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 挂 | guà | v,q | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 2 | 刮 | guā | v | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 3 | 瓜 | guā | n | melon; gourd; squash | |
| 4 | 寡妇 | guǎ fu | n | widow | |
| 5 | 挂念 | guà niàn | v,vn | concerned | |
| 6 | 瓜子 | guā zǐ | n | melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack | |
| 7 | 挂钩 | guà gōu | v | to couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}); (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc); hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling | |
| 8 | 瓜分 | guā fēn | v | to partition; to divide up | |
| 9 | 挂号 | guà hào | v | to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail | |
| 10 | 挂失 | guà shī | v | to report the loss of something | |
| 11 | 刮风 | guā fēng | v | to be windy |
+ Save adds a word to your study list. Stored in this browser only, no account needed.