拽 (zhuài): to pull, to tug at (sth), to throw, to fling
拽 (zhuài) is a Chinese character meaning “to pull.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (structural) and 曳 (structural). It ranks #2852 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拽 to pull 曳 by hand 扌; 曳 also provides the pronunciation. 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 tug at (sth)
- to throw
- to fling
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo pull 曳 by hand 扌; 曳 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰扌曳 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生拉硬拽phrase | shēng lā yìng zhuài | to drag sb along against his will |
| 拽步 | zhuài bù | to take long strides |
| 拽姐 | zhuǎi jiě | (slang) confident and assertive young woman |
| 奶拽 | nǎi zhuǎi | (slang) (of a young man) cute, with a touch of swagger |
| 拖拽verb | tuō zhuài | to pull |
拽 appears in 5 compound words: 40 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 0 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 拽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
请拽出你的证件,配合我们的工作。
qǐng yè chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our investigation.
当时家长试图徒手把鞋拽出来,结果越卡越紧,只能拨打119求助。
dāng shí jiā cháng shì tú tú shǒu bǎ xié zhuāi chū lái , jié guǒ yuè kǎ yuè jǐn , zhī néng bō dǎ 1 1 9 qiú zhù .
At the time, the parent tried to pull the shoe off by hand, but it only got tighter, so they had no choice but to call 119 for help.
除了基础的图形化远程控制功能外,精简版还支持类似拖拽操作的直观文件传输方式。
chú le jī chǔ de tú xíng huà yuǎn chéng kòng zhì gōng néng wài , jīng jiǎn bǎn hái zhī chí lèi sì tuō zhuāi cāo zuò de zhí guàn wén jiàn chuán shū fāng shì .
In addition to basic graphical remote control features, the Lite version also supports intuitive file transfer methods similar to drag-and-drop operations.
尸体没有拖拽的痕迹,全身很干净,并且被摆成了祈祷的姿势。
shī tǐ méi yǒu tuō zhuāi de hén jì , quán shēn hěn gān jìng , bìng qiě bèi bǎi chéng le qí dǎo de zī shì .
There were no signs that the body had been dragged; it was clean all over and had been arranged in a praying position.
长按文件夹可以重命名、修改颜色、删除,还支持拖拽排序。
cháng àn wén jiàn jiā kě yǐ chóng mìng míng , xiū gǎi yán sè , shān chú , hái zhī chí tuō zhuāi pái xù .
Long-press a folder to rename it, change its color, or delete it. You can also drag and drop to reorder them.
被指强拽女员工 七旬伯遭警制伏
bèi zhǐ qiáng zhuāi nǚ yuán gōng qī xún bó zāo jǐng zhì fú
Man in His 70s Subdued by Police After Allegedly Forcibly Dragging a Female Employee
她把他从烂泥中拽出来了。
Tā bǎ tā cóng lànní zhōng yè chūlái le.
She pulled him out of the mud.
Character Family
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