挂牌
guà pái
Pinyin

Definition

挂牌
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guà pái
  1. lit. to hang up a plate
  2. to open up for business
  3. listed (on stock market)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
pái
  1. 1 mahjong tile
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 game pieces
  4. 4 signboard
  5. 5 plate
  6. 6 tablet
  7. 7 medal
  8. 8 CL:片[piàn],個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important
dǐ pái
  1. 1 cards in one's hand
  2. 2 (fig.) undisclosed strength or information
  3. 3 hidden trump
guǎng gào pái
  1. 1 billboard
zhāo pai
  1. 1 signboard
  2. 2 shop sign
  3. 3 reputation of a business
pū kè pái
  1. 1 poker (card game)
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
xǐ pái
  1. 1 to shuffle cards
pái fāng
  1. 1 memorial arch
pái xíng
  1. 1 hand (in mahjong or card games)
pái zi
  1. 1 sign
  2. 2 trademark
  3. 3 brand
pái jú
  1. 1 gambling get-together
  2. 2 game of cards, mahjong etc
pái zhào
  1. 1 (business) licence
  2. 2 vehicle licence
  3. 3 car registration
  4. 4 licence plate
wáng pái
  1. 1 trump card
wán pái
  1. 1 to play cards
  2. 2 to play mahjong
dēng jī pái
  1. 1 boarding pass
dùn pái
  1. 1 shield
  2. 2 pretext
  3. 3 excuse
chē pái
  1. 1 license plate

Idioms (1)

又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

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