"Hook" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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钩子 gōu zi hook
挂钩 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
扣住 kòu zhù to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook
钩 gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch
钜 jù (literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4]
搭钩 dā gōu a hook / to make contact with sb
勾拳 gōu quán hook (punch in boxing)
钩扣 gōu kòu hook
剳 dá hook / sickle
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 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
不择手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously
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 tiě gōu iron hook
钩住 gōu zhù to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto
吊钩 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger
钩针 gōu zhēn crochet hook / crochet needle
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
勾 gōu to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
钓 diào to fish with a hook and line / to angle
聊以塞责 liáo yǐ sè zé in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
胡克 Hú kè Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor
衣钩 yī gōu clothes hook
横钩 héng gōu horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
竖钩 shù gōu vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
勾手 gōu shǒu to collude with / to collaborate / (basketball) hook shot
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 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
字脚 zì jiǎo serif / hook at the end of brushstroke
左右勾拳 zuǒ yòu gōu quán left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two
挠钩 náo gōu iron hook at the end a long pole
窗钩 chuāng gōu window hook / window latch
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 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 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])
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 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
衣裳钩儿 yī shang gōu r clothes hook
配件挂勾 pèi jiàn guà gōu accessory hook
鈎 gōu variant of 鉤|钩, hook / barb
抛射抓钩 pāo shè zhuā gōu launched grapnel hook
叉簧 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
约炮 yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand / booty call
秤钩 chèng gōu steelyard hook
飞挝 fēi wō ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
飞挝 fēi zhuā ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
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