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拽

zhuài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

拽 (zhuài) means "to drag; to haul; to throw". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 拽 means

1. to pull
2. to tug at (sth)

Other readings

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

• zhuāito throw; to fling
• zhuǎiself-satisfied; cocky (alternative written form of {跩|zhuǎi})
• yèvariant of {曳|yè}

Example sentences

• 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.

Words starting with 拽

• 拽姐zhuǎi jiě(slang) confident and assertive young woman; badass woman
• 拽步zhuài bùto take long strides; to hurry (while walking)

Words containing 拽

• 奶拽nǎi zhuǎi(slang) (of a young man) cute, with a touch of swagger
• 拖拽tuō zhuàito pull; to drag; to haul
• 生拉硬拽shēng lā yìng zhuàito drag sb along against his will; to draw a forced analogy

Characters that look like 拽

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

• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 拯zhěngto raise; to aid; to support
• 栈zhàna wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together; bundle
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

Where 拽 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhǔ–zhù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuài correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.