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Chinese symbol for “listed”

挂牌
guà pái
Traditional: 掛牌
lit. to hang up a plate; to open up for business; listed (on stock market)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for listed is 挂牌 (guà pái), defined as: lit. to hang up a plate; to open up for business; listed (on stock market).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

挂 guà
to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
牌 pái
card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet
radical 91 ⽚ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 挂牌.

WordPinyinMeaning
悬挂 (懸掛)xuán guàto suspend; to hang
挂钩 (掛鉤)guà gōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {en
外挂 (外掛)wài guàattached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on; special software used to cheat in an online game
牵挂 (牽掛)qiān guàto worry about; to be concerned about
挂号 (掛號)guà hàoto register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
品牌pǐn páibrand; brand name
金牌jīn páigold medal; measure word: 枚 (méi)
牌子pái zisign; trademark

See also: Japanese symbol for “listed”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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