<p><strong>There won't be a real sign hanged.</strong></p>

<p>挂牌 originally means setting up a sign as you know. When use it in 挂牌督办, since only authority department can 督办, 挂牌 means the department show the case to public to urge other lower department which is in charge of the case. </p>

<p>The case under 挂牌督办 always has a deadline, so the lower department have to get it done in time, otherwise somebody would get things real bad. </p>

<p>As 挂牌上市, that is a totally different commercial definition, it means a company list their shares in stock market.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-03T13:46:01.783Z
It could have been 限时督办if the deadline is stressed on.
NanningYouth
CC BY-SA 3.0
2018-04-11T08:55:48.953Z
pubic -> public.... And I cannot just edit to add one letter due to SE policy. lol
Allen St.Clair
CC BY-SA 3.0
2018-04-12T09:36:14.430Z
There will not be a real sign NOWADAYS. As @Daniel Yeung commented, this word is derivative from ancient meaning, it used to has a "board/kanban" things.
thinwa
CC BY-SA 4.0
2017-08-03T05:37:14.967Z
2019-04-12T10:29:39.553Z
2019-04-12T10:29:39.553Z
sfy
<p>牌 is a sign or a board, 挂 is hanging, I understand that in a market where goods are to be sold, the seller would post a sign to tell potential buyers that here is the thing you want. But what is the sign of 督办 (supervision) posted? And where should the sign in this case posted? In the office? In a public square where everybody can see or on a LED screen of a train station?</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-03T04:18:35.660Z
are you talking about stock market? these terms used in the stock market.
dan
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-03T07:21:36.653Z
挂牌, there are same in 2 cases, that is 'put it in a list' (for trade or for action). e.g. 挂牌督办 means that put it into todo list.  挂牌上市 means your stock is listed in stock market.
Daniel Yang
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-03T13:44:41.300Z
@DanielYeung Do you mean other cases are not put into the to-do list?
NanningYouth
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-07T09:37:51.010Z
挂牌, literally, it means '把名字写在牌子上 (用来被检索查阅)", the usage starts in ancient, at that age some list are written in a wooden plaque / board for publicity.  nowadays, for a stock, it is for being searched for trading, so 挂牌上市 means listing your stock code & name in stock exchange for trading; 挂牌督办 means putting it into todo list for supervising implementation of a policy or execution of a task.
Daniel Yang
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-07T09:48:16.993Z
there are some other samples, e.g. if I start to run a company, I can say '挂牌营业' = 开业, I put my company name into a plaque and hang it at hall or door.
Daniel Yang
<meaning-in-context>
What is the difference of the meaning of 挂牌 in 挂牌督办 and 挂牌上市?
# What is the difference of the meaning of 挂牌 in 挂牌督办 and 挂牌上市?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-03)

牌 is a sign or a board, 挂 is hanging, I understand that in a market where goods are to be sold, the seller would post a sign to tell potential buyers that here is the thing you want. But what is the sign of 督办 (supervision) posted? And where should the sign in this case posted? In the office? In a public square where everybody can see or on a LED screen of a train station?

**Tags:** meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: are you talking about stock market? these terms used in the stock market.  
> **username_2**: 挂牌, there are same in 2 cases, that is 'put it in a list' (for trade or for action). e.g. 挂牌督办 means that put it into todo list.  挂牌上市 means your stock is listed in stock market.  
> **username_0**: @DanielYeung Do you mean other cases are not put into the to-do list?  
> **username_2**: 挂牌, literally, it means '把名字写在牌子上 (用来被检索查阅)", the usage starts in ancient, at that age some list are written in a wooden plaque / board for publicity.  nowadays, for a stock, it is for being searched for trading, so 挂牌上市 means listing your stock code & name in stock exchange for trading; 挂牌督办 means putting it into todo list for supervising implementation of a policy or execution of a task.  
> **username_2**: there are some other samples, e.g. if I start to run a company, I can say '挂牌营业' = 开业, I put my company name into a plaque and hang it at hall or door.  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-03. Score: 1

**There won't be a real sign hanged.**

挂牌 originally means setting up a sign as you know. When use it in 挂牌督办, since only authority department can 督办, 挂牌 means the department show the case to public to urge other lower department which is in charge of the case.

The case under 挂牌督办 always has a deadline, so the lower department have to get it done in time, otherwise somebody would get things real bad.

As 挂牌上市, that is a totally different commercial definition, it means a company list their shares in stock market.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: It could have been 限时督办if the deadline is stressed on.  
> **username_4**: pubic -> public.... And I cannot just edit to add one letter due to SE policy. lol  
> **username_5**: There will not be a real sign NOWADAYS. As @username_2 Yeung commented, this word is derivative from ancient meaning, it used to has a "board/kanban" things.  

---

