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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bá | ba2
English translation
to pull up
to pull out
to draw out by suction
to select
to pick
to stand out (above level)
to surpass
to seize
to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌犮

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

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游隼 yóu sǔn 捕到鸟类 niǎo lèi 猎物 liè wù shí ,通常 tōngcháng shì xiān 拔掉 bá diào 它们 tā men de 羽毛 yǔ máo , zài ròu 撕下 lái .

Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

他们 tā men 拔除 bá chú le 坟墓 fénmù shǎng de 茂草荨麻 qián má , kǎn duàn ǎi shù gēn zhū .

They plucked the long grass and nettles from the tombs, thinned the poor shrubs and roots.

zài 海拔 hǎibá Gāo de 地方 dìfāng huì 感到 gǎn dào 呼吸 hūxī 困难 kùnnan .

At high altitudes it is difficult to breathe.

所以 suǒyǐ gěi 只管 zhǐ guǎn 即便 jíbiàn 拔取 bá qǔ ǎi 硬度 yìng dù de gǔn .

So we must try to choose high hardness of press roll.

jiāng zhū shù 连根 chú 需要 xūyào 一分 Zhōng 左右 zuǒyòu .

Time required to uproot a tree is about a minute.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to pull up
选拔 xuǎnbá to select the best選拔
海拔 hǎibá elevation海拔 hǎibá
提拔 tíbá to promote to a higher job提拔 tíbá
拔掉 bá diào to pluck拔掉 bá diào
自拔 zì bá to free oneself自拔 zì bá
出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì preeminent出類拔萃
挺拔 tǐngbá tall and straight挺拔 tǐngbá
拔除 bá chú to pull out拔除 bá chú
拔河 bá hé tug-of-war拔河 bá hé
剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng at daggers drawn劍拔弩張
拔牙 bá yá to extract a tooth拔牙 bá yá
坚韧不拔 jiān rèn bù bá firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding堅韌不拔
拔高 bá gāo to overrate拔高 bá gāo
拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial)拔尖 bá jiān
拔腿 bá tuǐ to break into a run拔腿 bá tuǐ
开拔 kāi bá departure開拔
连根拔 lián gēn bá to uproot連根拔
拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass拔罐 bá guàn
坚忍不拔 jiān rěn bù bá fortitude堅忍不拔
拔丝 bá sī wire drawing拔絲
拔营 bá yíng to strike camp拔營

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