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拔
bá
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
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

拔
bá
to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

俊拔
jùnbá
outstandingly talented
劲拔
jìngbá
tall and straight
孤拔
Gūbá
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
拓拔
Tuòbá
branch of the Xianbei [[鮮卑|鲜卑]] nomadic people, founders of Wei [[北魏]] of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
拔取
báqǔ
to pick out
拔地
bádì
to rise steeply from level ground
拔尖
bájiān
top-notch (colloquial)
拔掉
bádiào
to pluck
拔擢
bázhuó
select the best people for promotion
拔染
bárǎn
discharge
拔根
bágēn
uproot
拔毒
bádú
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
拔毛
bámáo
to pull out hair
拔河
báhé
tug-of-war
拔海
báhǎi
elevation (above sea level)
拔营
báyíng
to strike camp
拔牙
báyá
to extract a tooth
拔秧
báyāng
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
拔节
bájié
jointing (agriculture)
拔丝
básī
wire drawing

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,501
Word Frequency Rank
3,340 of 84,292

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