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拓

tuò

HSK 6 Character

What 拓 means

1. to expand
2. to push sth with the hand
3. to develop
4. to open up

Other readings

拓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tàto make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)
• Tuòsurname Tuo

Example sentences

• 年轻的时候你应该开拓你的思想。
  Niánqīng de shíhou nǐ yīnggāi kāituò nǐ de sīxiǎng.
  You should enrich your mind when young.

Words starting with 拓

• 拓展tuò zhǎnto expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc)…
• 拓宽tuò kuānto broaden
• 拓印tà yìnstone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
• 拓本tà běnrubbing of inscription
• 拓片tà piànrubbings from a tablet
• 拓荒tuò huāngto open up land (for agriculture)
• 拓荒者tuò huāng zhěpioneer; groundbreaker
• 拓展视野tuò zhǎn shì yěto broaden one's horizons
• 拓展训练tuò zhǎn xùn liànoutdoor education program
• 拓拔Tuò bábranch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties…
• 拓扑tuò pū(math; loanword) topology
• 拓扑学tuò pū xué(math) topology
• 拓扑空间tuò pū kōng jiān(math) topological space
• 拓扑结构tuò pū jié gòutopological structure
• 拓展坞tuò zhǎn wù(computing) hub; dock
• 拓跋Tuò bábranch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties…
• 拓跋魏Tuò bá WèiWei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)

Words containing 拓

• 开拓kāi tuòto break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam)…
• 开拓者kāi tuò zhěpioneer
• 力拓Lì TuòRio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)
• 落拓luò tuòdown and out; in dire straits; unrestrained
• 开拓性kāi tuò xìngpioneering; groundbreaking
• 必和必拓Bì huó Bì tuòBHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation)
• 开疆拓土kāi jiāng tuò tǔ(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands…
• 代数拓扑dài shù tuò pū(math) algebraic topology
• 几何拓扑jǐ hé tuò pū(math) geometric topology
• 几何拓扑学jǐ hé tuò pū xué(math) geometric topology
• 落拓不羁luò tuò bù jī(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited
• 邓拓Dèng TuòDeng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of…

Characters built on 石

These share the phonetic component 石 (shí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 磋cuō(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
• 硕shuò(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 斫zhuóto chop; to hack; to carve wood

Characters that look like 拓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拟nǐdoubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟
• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)

Sounds the same

Read tuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 唾saliva; to spit
• 柝watchman's rattle
• 箨sheath around joints of bamboo
• 萚fallen leaves and bark
• 跅careless
• 涶variant of 唾