bá
拔 (bá) is a Chinese word meaning “to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction”.
Meanings
- 1to pull up
- 2to pull out
- 3to draw out by suction
- 4to select
- 5to pick
- 6to stand out (above level)
- 7to surpass
- 8to seize
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
拔掉to pluck选拔to select the best提拔to promote to a higher job出类拔萃to excel the common (idiom); surpassing自拔to free oneself海拔height above sea level剑拔弩张lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility拔河tug-of-war拔牙to extract a tooth挺拔tall and straight坚韧不拔firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding拔腿to break into a run