拔
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bá · to uproot, to pull out

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #3803
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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 拔

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Example sentences

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Zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng de hǎi bá yǒu duō gāo?珠穆朗玛峰的海拔有多高?

What is the height of Mt. Everest?

Source: Tatoeba #8593085 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Lā lā duì de xuǎn bá zài míng tiān.拉拉队的选拔在明天。

Cheerleading tryouts are tomorrow.

Source: Tatoeba #13889023 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nín de yá yào bá diào.您的牙要拔掉。

Your tooth must be extracted.

Source: Tatoeba #787366 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yí kàn dào tián diǎn, wǒ jiù wú fǎ zì bá.一看到甜点,我就无法自拔。

When it comes to sweets, I just can't control myself.

Source: Tatoeba #1995044 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ā ěr bēi sī shān mài yì dà lì yí cè de hǎi bá tōng cháng jiào dī.阿爾卑斯山脈義大利一側的海拔通常較低。

The Alps are generally lower on the Italian side.

Source: Tatoeba #13575761 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bǎ zhù yá bá diào le.我把蛀牙拔掉了。

I got my decayed tooth pulled out.

Source: Tatoeba #429409 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 拔 in context

  1. Say bá, then recall the core meaning: to uproot, to pull out.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 海拔 (hǎi bá), meaning “height above sea level”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 拔 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.