掛牌

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (掛牌)		掛	牌
simp. (挂牌)		挂	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ paai^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòa-pâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàpái
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-pʻai²
    • Yale: gwà-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahpair
    • Palladius: гуапай (guapaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàpáir
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄆㄞˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàpáir
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-pʻai²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwà-páir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahparl
    • Palladius: гуапайр (guapajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ pʰɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ paai^4-2
    • Yale: gwa páai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ paai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ pai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ pʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: kuà-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarpaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ pai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹⁻⁵³ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua²¹⁻⁴¹ pai²³/

Verb

掛牌

1. to officially open an establishment; (of a business) to be officially opened or set up; (especially of a doctor or lawyer) to start practising
2. to wear a name tag or plate (as the employee of an organisation or a company)
3. (of a company) to be listed on the stock exchange
4. (sports, of a player hoping to be transferred to another club) to be listed (i.e. approved) by one's current club

Derived terms

• 掛牌匯率／挂牌汇率