挂断

掛斷

guàduàn

verb

Meanings

1 to hang up (a phone call)
2 to cut off (a call)

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他没说完就挂断了电话。

Tā méi shuōwán jiù guàduàn le diànhuà.

He hung up before he'd finished speaking.

HSK 6

如果是推销电话，你直接挂断就行。

Rúguǒ shì tuīxiāo diànhuà, nǐ zhíjiē guàduàn jiù xíng.

If it's a sales call, just hang up.

Tips

usage

挂 alone already means 'to hang up' (挂电话); 断 'to break off' stresses that the line goes dead. On a phone screen the red button is 挂断 and the green one is 接听 'answer'.

Stroke Order

挂 guà

断 duàn