记挂 (jì guà) — to be deeply concerned about; to miss (someone far away); to keep thinking about

Definition

记挂 (jì guà) is a written/literary verb meaning to keep someone in your thoughts — to miss or worry about them from afar. Stronger and more literary than 想念, which is the everyday spoken word for 'miss'.

verb
to be deeply concerned aboutto miss (someone far away)to keep thinking about

Examples

  • ，记挂。
    Chū guó yǐ hòu, wǒ měi tiān dōu jì guà zhe jiā lǐ de fù mǔ.
    After going abroad, I think about my parents at home every day.
  • ，记挂。
    Tā gōng zuò hěn máng, dàn xīn lǐ yì zhí jì guà zhe nǚ péng you.
    He is very busy with work, but he still constantly misses his girlfriend.
  • ，记挂。
    Suī rán duō nián méi jiàn, tā yī rán jì guà zhe lǎo jiā de qīn qi.
    Even though they haven't seen each other for many years, she still worries about her relatives back home.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

记jìkeep in mind
挂guàhang on

记 means keep in mind and 挂 means hang on, so together they express missing or worrying about someone.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 掛; 挂 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺘Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
卦
卦guà掛guà
Same sound today

In the traditional form 掛, the hand part ⺘ and the sound part 卦 show hooking or hanging something with the hand; this form was originally a popular form of 挂.

Open 挂 →

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