Keyword
to hang
- to hoist
- to suspend
- hung
- Frequency
- #1880
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
xuán
Mnemonic
Pride 心 in one's country 县, expressed by a flag; 县 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
悬挂
to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
悬崖
precipice; overhanging cliff
悬
to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
悬殊
vastly different; poles apart
悬赏
to offer a reward; bounty
悬浮
to float (in the air etc); suspension
悬念
suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
悬疑
suspense
悬案
unresolved question; unresolved case
悬而未决
(idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance
悬空
to hang in the air; suspended in midair; (fig.) uncertain
磁悬浮
magnetic levitation (train); maglev
悬臂
cantilever
悬崖勒马
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
悬索桥
suspension bridge
悬停
to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
悬崖峭壁
(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
悬浮物
suspended matter
悬垂
to hang down; to dangle; to be suspended
口若悬河
mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab
悬河
"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain); (literary) waterfall; cataract; (fig.) torrent of words
悬空寺
Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
倒悬
lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits
悬壶
(literary) to practice medicine; to work as a pharmacist