"拔" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 拔 |  bá | to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 拔掉 | bá diào | to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔腿 | bá tuǐ | to break into a run | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔河 | bá hé | tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔尖 | bá jiān | top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔除 | bá chú | to pull out / to remove | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔高 | bá gāo | to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔牙 | bá yá | to extract a tooth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔丝 | bá sī | wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔毛 | bá máo | to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔罐 | bá guàn | cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔节 | bá jié | jointing (agriculture) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔营 | bá yíng | to strike camp | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔萃 | bá cuì | to stand out from one's fellows / high-level examination for official candidacy (traditional) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔地 | bá dì | to rise steeply from level ground | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔顶 | bá dǐng | topping (mining) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔毒 | bá dú | draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔根 | bá gēn | (lit. and fig.) to uproot | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔海 | bá hǎi | elevation (above sea level) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔锚 | bá máo | to weigh anchor | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔取 | bá qǔ | to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔群 | bá qún | outstanding / exceptionally good | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔染 | bá rǎn | discharge | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔秧 | bá yāng | to pull up seedlings (for transplanting) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 拔擢 | bá zhuó | select the best people for promotion | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 拔火罐 | bá huǒ guàn | suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气) / detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw | |
| 拔钉锤 | bá dīng chuí | claw hammer | |
| 拔罐法 | bá guàn fǎ | fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) | |
| 拔罐子 | bá guàn zǐ | cupping technique used in TCM | |
| 拔罐子 | bá guàn zi | cupping technique used in TCM | |
| 拔尖儿 | bá jiān r | erhua variant of 拔尖[ba2 jian1] | |
| 拔节期 | bá jié qī | elongation stage / jointing stage (agriculture) | |
| 拔茅茹 | bá máo rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 拔示巴 | bá shì bā | Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible) | |
| 拔苗助长 | bá miáo zhù zhǎng | to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) | |
| 拔刀相助 | bá dāo xiāng zhù | see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[lu4 jian4 bu4 ping2 , ba2 dao1 xiang1 zhu4] | |
| 拔毛连茹 | bá máo lián rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 拔火罐儿 | bá huǒ guàn r | erhua variant of 拔火罐[ba2 huo3 guan4] | |
| 拔凉拔凉 | bá liáng bá liáng | (dialect) very cold / chilled | |
| 拔茅连茹 | bá máo lián rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 拔牙器械 | bá yá qì xiè | dental extraction equipment | |
| 拔出萝卜带出泥 | bá chū luó bo dài chū ní | lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem | |
| 拔根汗毛比腰粗 | bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū | lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1]) | |
Approximate Results for 拔 | ||||
| 选拔 | xuǎn bá | to select the best | | |
| 海拔 | hǎi bá | height above sea level / elevation | | |
| 提拔 | tí bá | to promote to a higher job / to select for promotion | | |
| 挺拔 | tǐng bá | tall and straight | | |
| 自拔 | zì bá | to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation | | |
| 拓拔 | Tuò bá | branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 / of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋 | | |
| 开拔 | kāi bá | to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition) | | |
| 超拔 | chāo bá | outstanding / to fast-track / to elevate / to free oneself from | | |
| 把拔 | bǎ bá | daddy | | |
| 孤拔 | Gū bá | 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 | | |
| 劲拔 | jìng bá | tall and straight | | |
| 隽拔 | juàn bá | handsome (of people) / graceful (of calligraphy) | | |
| 俊拔 | jùn bá | outstandingly talented | | |
| 挑拔 | tiǎo bá | to provoke | | |
| 鞋拔 | xié bá | shoe horn | | |
| 甄拔 | zhēn bá | to select | | |
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| 热插拔 | rè chā bá | hot swapping | |
| 汉尼拔 | Hàn ní bá | Hannibal (name) / Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general | |
| 连根拔 | lián gēn bá | to pull up by the roots / to uproot | |
| 马桶拔 | mǎ tǒng bá | plunger for unblocking toilet | |
| 象拔蚌 | xiàng bá bàng | elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America) | |
| 鞋拔子 | xié bá zi | shoehorn | |
| 出类拔萃 | chū lèi bá cuì | to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding | |
| 剑拔弩张 | jiàn bá nǔ zhāng | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) / fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn | |
| 坚韧不拔 | jiān rèn bù bá | firm and indomitable (idiom) / tenacious and unyielding | |
| 坚忍不拔 | jiān rěn bù bá | fortitude | |
| 雁过拔毛 | yàn guò bá máo | lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic | |
| 一毛不拔 | yī máo bù bá | stingy (idiom) | |
| 开拔盘存 | out-survey / marching-out survey | | |
| 吹灯拔蜡 | chuī dēng bá là | lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with | |
| 阿拔斯王朝 | A1 bá sī Wáng cháo | Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate | |
| 矮子里拔将军 | ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn | lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch) | |
| 矬子里拔将军 | cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūn | lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group | |
| 人家牵驴你拔橛 | rén jiā qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué | see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5] | |
| 别人牵驴你拔橛子 | bié ren qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué zi | lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame | |
| 路见不平，拔刀相助 | lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù | lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom) / fig. to rush to the rescue / to play the white knight | |
