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Jyutping gwaa3 fo1
Pinyin guà kē

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to fail (a course)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, intransitive, slang, verb-object
    to fail an exam; to fail a test
    • 你這麼玩下去,就不怕期末掛科嗎?
      你这么玩下去,就不怕期末挂科吗?
      nǐ zhè me wán xià qù , jiù bù pà qī mò guà kē ma ?
      After all the fun you're having, aren't you afraid of failing your end-of-semester exam?
    • 你知不知道經常掛科會影響你的畢業成績?
      你知不知道经常挂科会影响你的毕业成绩?
      nǐ zhī bù zhī dào jīng cháng guà kē huì yǐng xiǎng nǐ de bì yè chéng jì ?
      Do you know how failing affects your graduation results?
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
  1. 教育課程與制度:臺
    當掉
  2. 教育課程與制度:陸
    掛科
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我不想挂科。
    我不想掛科。
    wǒ bù xiǎng guà kē 。
    • I don't want to fail my exams.
  2. Mandarin
    我要挂科了!
    我要掛科了!
    wǒ yào guà kē le !
    • I'm going to fail the class!
  3. Mandarin
    所有学生都挂科的考试比所有学生都通过的考试要难。
    所有學生都掛科的考試比所有學生都通過的考試要難。
    suǒ yǒu xué sheng dōu guà kē de kǎo shì bǐ suǒ yǒu xué sheng dōu tōng guò de kǎo shì yào nán 。
    • The exam that every student failed is harder than the exam that every student passed.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你这么玩下去,就不怕期末挂科吗?
    你這麼玩下去,就不怕期末掛科嗎?
    nǐ zhè me wán xià qù , jiù bù pà qī mò guà kē ma ?
    • After all the fun you're having, aren't you afraid of failing your end-of-semester exam?
  2. Mandarin
    你知不知道经常挂科会影响你的毕业成绩?
    你知不知道經常掛科會影響你的畢業成績?
    nǐ zhī bù zhī dào jīng cháng guà kē huì yǐng xiǎng nǐ de bì yè chéng jì ?
    • Do you know how failing affects your graduation results?