拔
HSK 5freq #3803
Meanings
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- 1.to pull up
- 2.to pull out
- 3.to draw out by suction
- 4.to select
- 5.to pick
- 6.to stand out (above level)
- 7.to surpass
- 8.to seize
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Wiktionary
- 1.to pull up; to pull out
- 2.to suck out; to draw
- 3.to select; to pick; to choose
- 4.to lift; to raise
- 5.to surpass; to stand out among
- 6.to capture; to seize
- 7.to cool in water
- 8.to pull; to tug
- 9.to snatch forcefully
- 10.to suck away someone else's chi (said as done by some people)
- 11.a surname
- 12.Classifier for draws of water, especially each time one pulls the rope on a well.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *bruːd, *boːd, *bod): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 犮 (OC *boːd) – a hand pulls. Compare perhaps Burmese ပြုတ် (prut, “to be dislocated; to lose”).
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Derived terms
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Related words
选拔 to select the best提拔 to promote to a higher job海拔 height above sea level挺拔 tall and straight拔河 tug-of-war孤拔 Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War拔取 to pick out拔顶 topping (mining)甄拔 to select拔萃 to distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent隽拔 handsome (of people)拔锚 to weigh anchor