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Meaning of 拖

Pinyin tuō

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

dragging (brush stroke in painting) / to drag along

Usage

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拖 (tuō) Verb 1. 牵引，拉，拽：to pull; to drag; to haul Example: 拖车 (to tow a car), 拖船 (to tow a boat), 拖累 (to burden), 拖儿带女 (to drag along children). 2. 耷拉着：to hang down Example: 拖着辫子 (to hang down tails or braids). 3. 延长时间：to prolong time Example: 拖延 (to procrastinate), 拖欠 (to default), 拖债 (to owe debts). 4. 同本义 (drag; haul; pull): drag; haul; pull 引 (to lead): 《广雅》: 拕，引也 (the Guangya says: "to drag"). Example: 拖船而入水 (to tow a boat into the water). 5. 牵累，牵制 (tie down): to tie down Example: 拖带 (to bear together; to carry on). 6. 下垂 (hang): to hang Example: 拖天扫地 (to describe clothing that is too long), 拖玉 (refers to a hem that drags on the ground, symbolizing nobility). 7. 拖延 (delay; defer): to procrastinate Example: 拖水夹桨 (to procrastinate or drag one's feet), 拖腔 (to elongate the tone at the end of a phrase when singing). 8. 沉重或困难地负担着 (burden): to carry a heavy or difficult burden Example: 拖了一身债 (to be weighed down with debt). 9. 强夺或费力取得 (wrest): to forcibly take or obtain Example: 拖其衣被 (to seize their clothing or bedding). 10. 披散 (dishevel): to leave disheveled Example: 纵体拖发 (to let one's hair down). 11. 掷 (throw): to throw Example: 拖金振清风 (to throw gold and sway the fresh breeze).

拖垮 tuō kuǎ

drag down

拖延 tuō yán

to delay / to put off / to procrastinate

手扶拖拉机 shǒu fú tuō lā jī

walking tractor / hand tractor

拖拉机 tuō lā jī

tractor / CL:臺|台[tai2]

拖欠 tuō qiàn

in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts

拖住 tuō zhù

to hold up / to hinder / to stall

拖累 tuō lěi

to encumber / to be a burden on / to implicate

拖鞋 tuō xié

slippers / sandals / flip-flops / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

拖泥带水 tuō ní dài shuǐ

lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy

拖车 tuō chē

to tow / towed vehicle / towing vehicle

拖曳 tuō yè

to pull / to drag / to haul

一拖 yī tuō

A drag

拖入 tuō rù

drag in

拖长 tuō cháng

to lengthen / to drag out

拖地 tuō dì

to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length

拖船 tuō chuán

tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat

拖带 tuō dài

traction / towing / pulling

拖沓 tuō tà

dilatory / sluggish / muddled / roundabout

拖拖拉拉 tuō tuō lā lā

to procrastinate

拖动 tuō dòng

to drag / to tow / (computing) to drag (mouse operation)

拖曳阵 tuō yè zhèn

Drag array

拖驳 tuō bó

barge / lighter (pulled by a tugboat)