扯 (chě): to pull, to tear, (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
扯 (chě) is a Chinese character meaning “to pull.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 止 (phonetic). It ranks #2049 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扯 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to pull
- to tear
- (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡扯 | hú chě | to chatter |
| 牵扯 | qiān chě | to involve |
| 扯淡 | chě dàn | to talk nonsense |
| 瞎扯 | xiā chě | to talk irresponsibly |
| 拉扯 | lā che | to drag |
| 扯谎 | chě huǎng | to tell a lie |
| 闲扯 | xián chě | to chat |
| 拉拉扯扯 | lā lā chě chě | to tug at |
| 扯皮 | chě pí | to wrangle |
| 扯裂 | chě liè | rip |
| 扯后腿 | chě hòu tuǐ | to be a drag or hindrance on sb |
| 生拉活扯 | shēng lā huó chě | see 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4] |
| 东拉西扯 | dōng lā xī chě | to talk about this and that (idiom) |
| 步子太大，容易扯着蛋 | bù zi tài dà , róng yì chě zhe dàn | if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] in ... |
| 扯家常 | chě jiā cháng | to engage in small talk |
扯 appears in 45 compound words: 40 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 扯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to pull repeatedly; to drag repeatedly; to hold each other's arms and hands in a lovey-dovey manner
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
to pull repeatedly; to drag repeatedly; to hold each other's arms and hands in a lovey-dovey manner
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
Example Sentences
他扯起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā chě qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
王彩桦整形内幕曝光 李进良扯出前妻小祯
wáng cǎi 桦 zhěng xíng nèi mù pù guāng lǐ jìn liáng chě chū qián qī xiǎo 祯
Wang Caihua's Plastic Surgery Scandal Exposed; Li Jinliang Dragged His Ex-Wife Xiao Zhen Into It
扯断关公手偷金牌!专家警告:你惨了
chě duàn guān gōng shǒu tōu jīn pái ! zhuān jiā jǐng gào : nǐ cǎn le
"Snatch the gold medal by pulling off Guan Yu's hand!" Experts warn: You're in big trouble
扯爆!洋芋片打开只有“1片”网轰离谱 业者...
chě bào ! yáng 芋 piàn dǎ kāi zhī yǒu 1 piàn wǎng hōng lí pǔ yè zhě . . .
Unbelievable! Potato chip bag contains just "one chip"—netizens slam it as outrageous; the company...
牵扯艾普斯坦引发学界风暴 哈佛切割前校长桑默...
qiān chě ài pǔ sī tǎn yǐn fā xué jiè fēng bào hā fó qiē gē qián jiào cháng sāng mò . . .
Involving Epstein caused a storm in the academic world, Harvard cut former president Somer...
73岁阿公“宫内早孕”?中国医院报告扯
7 3 suì ā gōng gōng nèi zǎo yùn ? zhōng guó yī yuàn bào gào chě
73-year-old grandfather "intrauterine early pregnancy"? Chinese hospital report pulls
别再扯你姐姐的头发了！
Bié zài chě nǐ jiějie de tóufa le!
Stop pulling your sister's hair.
我不想被牵扯到这件事里。
Wǒ bù xiǎng bèi qiānchě dào zhè jiàn shì lǐ.
I don't want to be involved in that matter.
你说的东西是胡扯。
Nǐ shuō de dōngxi shì húchě.
What you said is baloney.
她在树枝上把自己的裙子扯烂了。
Tā zài shùzhī shàng bǎ zìjǐ de qúnzi chě làn le.
She ripped her dress on a branch.
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