拖
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to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
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Dict coverage rank #1,093 U+62D6
How 拖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
hand
How to remember it
drag · Heisig RSH #1859
fingers + reclining + scorpion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 拖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拖人下水 | tuō rén xià shuǐ | lit. to pull sb into the water; fig. to involve sb in a messy business; to get sb into tro… |
| 拖家带口 | tuō jiā dài kǒu | (idiom) to take one's whole family along; to have a family in tow; to be tied down by fami… |
| 阿拖品化 | ā tuō pǐn huà | atropinization |
| 拖拉机 | tuō lā jī | tractor; CL:臺|台[tai2] |
| 拖下水 | tuō xià shuǐ | lit. to pull sb into the water; to involve sb in a messy business; to get sb into trouble |
| 拖儿带女 | tuō ér dài nǚ | supporting a wife and children; dragged down by having a family to feed |
| 拖车头 | tuō chē tóu | trailer truck |
| 拖动力 | tuō dòng lì | motive force; traction |
| 布拖县 | Bù tuō Xiàn | Butuo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2… |
| 人字拖 | rén zì tuō | flip-flops (abbr. for 人字拖鞋[ren2 zi4 tuo1 xie2]) |
| 连拖带拉 | lián tuō dài lā | pushing and pulling (idiom) |
| 拖地板 | tuō dì bǎn | to mop the floor |
| 拖尾巴 | tuō wěi ba | to obstruct; to be a drag on sb; to delay finishing off a job |
| 人字拖鞋 | rén zì tuō xié | flip-flops; flip-flop sandals; thongs; see also 人字拖[ren2 zi4 tuo1] |
| 拖泥带水 | tuō ní dài shuǐ | (idiom) muddy and wet; (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) ind… |
| 拖地 | tuō dì | to mop the floor; (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground; full-length |
| 拖拉 | tuō lā | to drag along; to haul; (fig.) to procrastinate; shilly-shallying; sluggish; (computing) d… |
| 拖拖拉拉 | tuō tuō lā lā | to procrastinate |
| 拖动 | tuō dòng | to drag; to tow; (computing) to drag (mouse operation) |
| 拖行 | tuō xíng | to drag; to tow |