对于hang的大多数义项,其过去式和过去分词都是hung,例如:I hung the curtains(我挂起窗帘), he had hung the new painting on the wall(他把那幅新画挂在墙上了)。然而,当hang意为“绞死”或“被绞死”时,其过去式和过去分词为 hanged，例如：the traitors were hanged(叛国者被施以绞刑), they had hanged him at dawn(他们在黎明时分将他绞死),这一形式亦用于习语' I'll be hanged(决不)中。