掛靴

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	sneakers
trad. (掛靴)		掛	靴
simp. (挂靴)		挂	靴

Etymology

Modified from 掛冠／挂冠 (guàguān, “(of an official) to retire”, literally “to hand up one's (official) hat”) or influenced by English hang up one's boots.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàxuē

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ hoe¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàxuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàsyue
  - Wade–Giles: kua⁴-hsüeh¹
  - Yale: gwà-sywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahshiue
  - Palladius: гуасюэ (guasjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa³ hoe¹
  - Yale: gwa hēu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ hoe¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua³ hê¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ hœː⁵⁵/

Verb

掛⫽靴 (verb-object)

(of a footballer, athlete, skater, etc.) to retire; to hang up one's boots
係啊，因為今場呢，係盧均宜12 號流浪嘅掛靴賽啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
系啊，因为今场呢，系卢均宜12 号流浪嘅挂靴赛啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]
hai⁶ aa³, jan¹ wai⁶ gam¹ coeng⁴ le¹, hai⁶ lou⁴ gwan¹ ji⁴ sap⁶ ji⁶ hou⁶ lau⁴ long⁶ ge³ gwaa³ hoe¹ coi³ aa³. [Jyutping]
Yes, because this match is Lo Kwan Yee (number 12, Rangers)'s retiring match.
- 2025, Mill MILK, “視障人士點樣入球場睇波？Karen挑戰一個月速成做口述影像員試一次為視障人士「講波」賽馬會菁英盃決賽驗收成果”, in 試一次‎^[1], spoken by Karen Cheng: