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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yè | ye4
English translation
to drag
to haul
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuāi | zhuai1
English translation
to throw
to fling
alternate writing of zhuǎi [zhuǎi]
to pull
to tug at (sth)
to drag, to tow; to throw; to twist

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To pull  by hand  shǒu also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌曳

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bèi rén Cóng 房子 fáng zi le 出来 chū lái Sāi jìn liàng 汽车 qì chē .

He was yanked out of the house and bundled into a car.

那些 nà xiē Huā tuō 过来 guò lái 过去 guòqu ,结果 jiēguǒ Quán gǎo huài le .

He pulled the flowers about until he ruined them all.

消防 xiāofáng 队员 duì yuán 着火 zháohuǒ de 椅子 yǐzi chū 窗外.

The fireman flung the burning chair out of the window.

这个 zhè ge xiǎo 男孩 nán hái zhēng zhāo .

The little boy is towing a horse.

kān 那用手指 shǒuzhǐ 台布 tái bù biān de 样子 yàngzi ,可以 kěyǐ 断定 duàndìng shì 多么 duōme 紧张 jǐnzhāng .

You can tell how nervous she is by the way her fingers worry at the edge of the tablecloth.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to drag
生拉硬拽 shēng lā yìng zhuài to draw a forced analogy生拉硬拽 shēng lā yìng zhuài

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Decomposition

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