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拔
Mandarin · pinyin bá
Meanings
- to pull up
- to pull out
- to draw out by suction
- to select
- to pick
- to stand out (above level)
- to surpass
- to seize
Characters in this entry
- 拔
- bá · uproot, pull out
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Mandarin tones
2 · ba2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bat6
Cantonese word readings for 拔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to pull up; to pull out
- to suck out; to draw
- to select; to pick; to choose
- to lift; to raise
- to surpass; to stand out among
- to capture; to seize
- (dialectal) to cool in water
- (Min) to pull; to tug
- (Hokkien) to snatch forcefully
- (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to suck away someone else's chi (said as done by some people)
- a surname
character
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for draws of water, especially each time one pulls the rope on a well.
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