扯

chě

HSK 7freq #3440

Meanings

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chě

1.to pull
2.to tear
3.(of cloth, thread etc) to buy
4.to chat
5.to gossip
6.(coll.) (Tw) ridiculous
7.hokey

chě

1.variant of 扯[chě]
2.to pull
3.to tear

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Wiktionary

1.to pull; to tug (usually something that is flexible)
2.to tear
3.to talk casually; to chat
4.ridiculous; crazy
5.to fall; to have
6.to play (a stringed instrument)
7.to raise by pulling; to hoist
8.to breathe; to puff; to suck in
9.to leave
10.away

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Etymology

Originally written as 撦. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰjaːʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

扯扌止

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我沒想要讓你牽扯進來。
I didn't mean to involve you.
别再扯你姐姐的头发了！
Stop pulling your sister's hair.
她在树枝上把自己的裙子扯烂了。
She ripped her dress on a branch.

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Synonyms

拉挽抻扽拽掹挷拔揄搝擢悶撕撕巴搣攋撕掐擘拆剺裂剃㧸聊閒談聊天談天閒聊攀談拉扯

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Related words

牵扯 to involve; to implicate 扯谎 to tell a lie 扯淡 to talk nonsense 扯平 to make even 拉扯 to drag 鬼扯 nonsense 扯皮 to wrangle 扯谈 to talk nonsense (dialect)扯铃 diabolo 扯直 to straighten (by pulling or stretching)扯蛋 variant of 扯淡[chě dàn]攀扯 to implicate