挂钩 / 掛鉤
guà gōu
Meaning
- to couple · to link · to hook together
- (preceded by 与 yǔ + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) · (Taiwan) to collude (with {entity})
- to link (marketing efforts with production and so on) · to peg (welfare payments to inflation and so on) · to tie (remuneration to performance and so on)
- hook (on which to hang something) · latch hook · coupling
Example sentences
我把我的帽子挂在挂钩上。
我把我的帽子掛在掛鉤上。
wǒ bǎ wǒ de mào zi guà zài guà gōu shàng。
I hung my hat on the hook.
汤姆将他的衬衣挂在了挂钩上。
湯姆將他的襯衣掛在了掛鉤上。
tāng mǔ jiāng tā de chèn yī guà zài le guà gōu shàng。
Tom hung his shirt on the hook.
在很多人的印象中，五声音阶往往与中国音乐挂钩。
在很多人的印象中，五聲音階往往與中國音樂掛鉤。
zài hěn duō rén de yìn xiàng zhōng， wǔ shēng yīn jiē wǎng wǎng yǔ zhōng guó yīn yuè guà gōu。
In many people's minds, the pentatonic scale is often associated with Chinese music.