提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 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 不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously syn 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 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 绞死 絞死 jiǎo sǐ to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) / to strangle 钩子 鉤子 gōu zi hook syn 绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 吊灯 吊燈 diào dēng hanging lamp 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 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging syn 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 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) 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen syn 扣住 kòu zhù to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook 吊牌 弔牌 diào pái hangtag / swing tag / hanging sign 壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging 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 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 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 吊篮 吊籃 diào lán hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) 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 钓 釣 diào to fish with a hook and line / to angle syn 勾 gōu to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook syn 钩 鉤 gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 撩 liāo to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands) syn 绞索 絞索 jiǎo suǒ a noose for hanging criminals 吊杆 diào gān a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) 冕 miǎn crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown syn 揄 yú to draw out / to let hanging 钜 鉅 jù (literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4] 缢 縊 yì (literary) to die by hanging or strangulation 悬河 懸河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words 不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn 缢死 縊死 yì sǐ to execute by hanging / to hang oneself 壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging) 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 幛 zhàng hanging scroll syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 胡克 hú kè Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor 搭钩 搭鉤 dā gōu a hook / to make contact with sb 风中之烛 風中之燭 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread syn 衣钩 衣鉤 yī gōu clothes hook 挂轴 掛軸 guà zhóu hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) 跂 qì to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging 鬑 lián hanging temple hair 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 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 簨 sǔn cross-beam for hanging bells 解民倒悬 解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius) / to save the people from dire straits 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 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] 勾手 gōu shǒu to collude with / to collaborate / (basketball) hook shot 勾拳 gōu quán hook (punch in boxing) 字脚 字腳 zì jiǎo serif / hook at the end of brushstroke 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]) 衣裳钩儿 衣裳鈎兒 yī shang gōu r 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 屏条 屏條 píng tiáo set of (usually four) hanging scrolls syn 瑱 tiàn (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 劈挂拳 劈掛拳 pī guà quán Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) 喜幛 xǐ zhàng celebratory hanging scroll 投缳 投繯 tóu huán to hang oneself / to commit suicide by hanging 缳首 繯首 huán shǒu death by hanging 短尾鹦鹉 短尾鸚鵡 duǎn wěi yīng wǔ (bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) 空中花园 空中花園 kōng zhōng huā yuán hanging gardens (Babylon etc) / rooftop garden 悬滴结晶 懸滴結晶 xuán dī jié jīng hanging drop crystallization 可轻易完成的目标 可輕易完成的目標 low-hanging fruit 轻而易举的工作 輕而易舉的工作 low-hanging fruit 风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 绞杀 絞殺 jiǎo shā to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out 挂饰 掛飾 guà shì hanging decoration 滴里耷拉 dī li - dā lā hanging down loosely / dangling in disorder 