to pull out; to pull up; to select

HSK 6 #1502

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1502nd character
Radical ⼿ (64.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 959

Definitions

拔 bá
  1. 1. to pull out
  2. 2. to pull up
  3. 3. to select
  4. 4. to pick
  5. 5. to stand out (above level)
  6. 6. to surpass
  7. 7. to seize
  8. 8. to draw out by suction

Stroke order

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Words containing 拔

Word Meaning
tall and straight
fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
fortitude
firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
Amédée Courbet, French admiral
daddy
also written tuò bá
help the weak; stand up to injustice
to pick out; to pull; to pluck
to rise steeply from level ground
erhua variant of bá jiān
erhua variant of bá jiān
select the best people for promotion
discharge
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
to pluck; to pull out hair; epilation
involve many; one act pulls in others
to implicate others; affect the whole group
elevation (above sea level)
chilled; (dialect) very cold
chilled; (dialect) very cold
to do cupping therapy on the body
erhua variant of bá huǒ guàn