挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {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 syn 吊钩 吊鉤 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger 钩 鉤 gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch syn 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose 左右勾拳 zuǒ yòu gōu quán left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 薑太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose 男篮 男籃 nán lán men's basketball / men's basketball team 加索尔 加索爾 jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player 女篮 女籃 nǚ lán women's basketball / women's basketball team 火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot / a block syn 封盖 封蓋 fēng gài cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball) 空心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot 盖帽儿 蓋帽兒 gài mào r to block a shot (basketball) / (dialect) excellent / fantastic 盖火锅 蓋火鍋 gài huǒ guō to block a shot (basketball) 阻攻 zǔ gōng to block a shot (basketball) (Tw) 俯瞰摄影 俯瞰攝影 fǔ kàn shè yǐng crane shot / boom shot (photography) 吊球 diào qiú to perform a drop shot (tennis etc) / drop shot 散弹 散彈 sǎn dàn shot (for a shotgun) / canister shot 爆炸点间隔 爆炸點間隔 shot spacing / shooting interval / shot interval 共源收集 gòng yuán shōu jí shot gather / common source gather / common shot gather / shotpoint gather 强心针 強心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn 勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook 接上 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone) 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously syn 扣住 kòu zhù to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook 钩子 鉤子 gōu zi hook syn 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 铁钩 鐵鈎 tiě gōu iron hook 钩住 鉤住 gōu zhù to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto 钩针 鉤針 gōu zhēn crochet hook / crochet needle 挂 掛 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 syn 勾 gōu to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook syn 钓 釣 diào to fish with a hook and line / to angle syn 钜 鉅 jù (literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4] 聊以塞责 聊以塞責 liáo yǐ sè zé in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook 横钩 橫鉤 héng gōu horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters) 竖钩 豎鉤 shù gōu vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters) 亅 jué "vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6), aka 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4gou1] 勾拳 gōu quán hook (punch in boxing) 字脚 字腳 zì jiǎo serif / hook at the end of brushstroke 搭钩 搭鉤 dā gōu a hook / to make contact with sb 挠钩 撓鉤 náo gōu iron hook at the end a long pole 窗钩 窗鉤 chuāng gōu window hook / window latch 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅 qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) 胡克 hú kè Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor 衣裳钩儿 衣裳鈎兒 yī shang gōu r clothes hook 衣钩 衣鉤 yī gōu clothes hook 配件挂勾 配件掛勾 pèi jiàn guà gōu accessory hook 鈎 gōu variant of 鉤|钩, hook / barb 钩扣 鉤扣 gōu kòu hook 抛射抓钩 pāo shè zhuā gōu launched grapnel hook 剳 dá hook / sickle 叉簧 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call) 约炮 約炮 yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand / booty call 秤钩 秤鉤 chèng gōu steelyard hook 飞挝 飛撾 fēi wō ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them 飞挝 飛撾 fēi zhuā ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them 球队 球隊 qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) 篮球 籃球 lán qiú basketball / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star / (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) syn 过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn 中锋 中鋒 zhōng fēng (sports) midfielder / (basketball) center / (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] 空心 kōng xīn hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop) syn 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 上篮 上籃 shàng lán (basketball) layup 篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court 王治郅 wáng zhì zhì Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player 投中 tóu zhòng to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score syn 运球 運球 yùn qiú to dribble (basketball, soccer etc) 盖帽 蓋帽 gài mào block (basketball) 篮板球 籃板球 lán bǎn qiú rebound (basketball) 大球 dà qiú sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls / see also 小球[xiao3 qiu2] 张伯伦 張伯倫 zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player 走步 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 男子篮球 男子籃球 nán zǐ lán qiú men's basketball 篮 籃 lán basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball) syn 姚明 yáo míng Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 一对一斗牛 一對一鬥牛 yī duì yī dòu niú one-on-one basketball game 三对三斗牛 三對三鬥牛 sān duì sān dòu niú three-on-three basketball game 交叉运球 交叉運球 jiāo chā yùn qiú crossover dribble (basketball) 乔治城大学 喬治城大學 qiáo zhì chéng dà xué Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team 孙悦 孫悅 sūn yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star 投篮机 投籃機 tóu lán jī arcade basketball machine / miniature hoops 挡拆 擋拆 dǎng chāi pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll 易建联 易建聯 yì jiàn lián Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA) 球会 球會 qiú huì (HK) ball sports club (soccer, basketball etc) 迈克尔・乔丹 邁克爾・喬丹 mài kè ěr · qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player 暴扣 bào kòu slam dunk (basketball) 林书豪 林書豪 lín shū háo Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA) 美职篮 美職籃 měi zhí lán National Basketball Association (NBA) 迈克尔·乔丹 邁克爾·喬丹 mài kè ěr · qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player 三不沾 sān bù zhān air ball (basketball) 卡位 kǎ wèi (sports) to jockey for position / (basketball) to box out / (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. [qia3 wei4]) / booth seating (always pr. [ka3 wei4] for this sense) 空中接力 kōng zhōng jiē lì alley-oop (basketball) 