| 挂牌 |
guà pái |
lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) |
| 挂 |
guà |
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 牌 |
pái |
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:块) / brand; trademark (CL:个) / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 词牌 and 曲牌) |