悬
xuán
to hang or suspend
to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
Hanging (县) + heart (心) = suspended in worry
县 originally depicted something hanging — a head suspended from a tree — giving this character its core sense of suspension. When that hanging image meets the heart (心), the feeling of being left dangling, unresolved, or anxious follows naturally.
那幅画悬在墙上已经很多年了。
nà fú huà xuán zài qiáng shàng yǐ jīng hěn duō nián le。
that painting has been hanging on the wall for many years already.
这件事还悬着，没有人知道结果。
zhè jiàn shì hái xuán zhe，méi yǒu rén zhī dào jié guǒ。
this matter is still unresolved, and no one knows the outcome.
Words with 悬
悬而未决
xuán ér wèi jué
(idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance
悬崖勒马
xuán yá lè mǎ
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
悬疑
xuán yí
suspense
磁悬浮
cí xuán fú
magnetic levitation (train)
附赘悬疣
fù zhuì xuán yóu
superfluous or useless appendages
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
中苏解决悬案大纲协定
zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
倒悬
dào xuán
lit. to hang upside down
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
mouth like a torrent (idiom)