拔 bá

1. bá verb to pull up; to pull out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 拉出 (CC-CEDICT '拔'; Guoyu '拔' v 1; Kroll 2015 '拔' 1, p. 6; Unihan '拔'; XHZD '拔' 1, p. 12)
2. bá verb to select; to promote
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 提拔 (CC-CEDICT '拔'; Guoyu '拔' v 4; Unihan '拔'; XHZD '拔' 3, p. 12)
3. bá verb to draw out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 拔毒 draw out poison (CC-CEDICT '拔'; Guoyu '拔' v 2; Kroll 2015 '拔' 1b, p. 6; XHZD '拔' 2, p. 12)
4. bá verb to exceed; to excel; to surpass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 特出 (CC-CEDICT '拔'; Guoyu '拔' v 5; Kroll 2015 '拔' 2, p. 6; XHZD '拔' 4, p. 12)
5. bá verb to seize; to capture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 攻取 (CC-CEDICT '拔'; Guoyu '拔' v 8; Kroll 2015 '拔' 3-4, p. 6)
6. bá verb to change
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 改变 (Guoyu '拔' v 7; Kroll 2015 '拔' 5, p. 6)
7. bá verb to eliminate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 除去 (CC-CEDICT '拔'; Guoyu '拔' v 3)
8. bá noun tail of an arrow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 箭的尾端 (Guoyu '拔' n)
9. bá adverb hurried
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 急速 (Guoyu '拔' adv)

Contained in

• 拔擢 select the best people for promotion
• 拔草 to pull out weeds
• 拔钉锤(拔釘錘) claw hammer
• 提拔 to promote
• 隽拔(雋拔) handsome (of people); graceful (of calligraphy)
• 劲拔(勁拔) tall and straight
• 拔毛连茹(拔毛連茹) pull up a plant and the roots follow; also involving others; inextricably tangled together
• 奖拔(獎拔) to promote [a person]
• 马桶拔(馬桶拔) plunger for unblocking toilet
• 拔茅连茹(拔茅連茹) pull up a plant and the roots follow; also involving others; inextricably tangled together
• 拔根 to uproot
• 拔染 discharge
• 甄拔 to select
• 超拔 outstanding; to fast-track; to elevate; to free oneself from ; to save; to free from
• 振拔 to extract from a difficult situation; to rescue
• 拔锚(拔錨) to weigh anchor
• 拔示巴 Bathsheba
• 拔宅上昇 to raise out of [your] home
• 拔尖 top-notch; to push oneself to the front
• 拔丝(拔絲) wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
• 拔海 elevation (above sea level)
• 拔高 to raise (one's voice); to overrate; to build up; to stand out; outstanding
• 拔顶(拔頂) topping (mining)
• 拔关(拔關) to open the door ; to cross a barrier
• 拔出 to promote ; outstanding ; to pull out
• 拔取 to pick out; to select and recruit; to pluck; to pull
• 拔罐子 cupping technique used in TCM
• 拔毛 to pull out hair; to pluck; epilation
• 拔火罐 suction cup; cupping
• 拔尖儿(拔尖兒) top-notch
• 拔火罐儿(拔火罐兒) suction cup
• 拔凉拔凉(拔涼拔涼) very cold; chilled
• 俊拔 outstandingly talented
• 拔地 to rise steeply from level ground
• 拔腿 to break into a run
• 海拔 elevation
• 选拔(選拔) to select the best
• 拔营(拔營) to strike camp
• 鞋拔子 shoehorn
• 拔旗 to pull out a flag
• 拔节期(拔節期) elongation stage; jointing stage
• 拔秧 to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
• 吹灯拔蜡(吹燈拔蠟) to blow out the lamp and put out the candle; to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
• 剑拔弩张(劍拔弩張) with swords drawn and bows bent; a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
• 把拔 daddy
• 荐拔(薦拔) to recommend for promotion
• 拔萃 to stand out from one's peers
• 拔掉 to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug
• 汉尼拔(漢尼拔) Hannibal (name) / Hannibal Barca

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拓拔濬 、 拓拔

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• 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 48
• 卷三十五　　　　志第二十五　　五行二 Volume 35 Treatises 29: Five Elements 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 39
• 卷四十九　列傳第三十七:　朱瑞 叱列延慶 斛斯椿 賈顯度 樊子鵠 侯深 賀拔允 侯莫陳悅 念賢 梁覽 雷紹 毛遐 乙弗朗 Volume 49 Biographies 37: Zhu rui, Chilie Yanqing, Hu Sichun, Jia Xiandu, Fan Zihu, Hou Shen, He Bayun, Houmo Chenyue, Nian Xian, Liang Lan, Lei Shao, Mao Xia, Yi Fulang History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 31
• 卷七十二　列傳第十:　婁室子:活女 謀衍 仲(本名石古乃)，族子:海里 銀朮可子:彀英(本名撻懶) 母弟:麻吉(子:沃側) 弟:拔離速 習古乃 Volume 72 Biographies 10: Lou Shi and son: Huonu, Mou Yan, Zhong (formerly named Shigunai)，descendant: Haili, Yin Paike and son: Gou Ying (formerly named Talan), Mu younger brother: Maji (son: Woce), younger brother: Ba Lisu, Xi Gunai History of Jin 金史 — count: 30
• 卷二百一十五下 列傳第一百四十下 突厥下 Volume 215b Biographies 140b: Tujie 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 26
• 卷六　　齊本紀上第六:　高祖神武帝 世宗文襄帝 Volume 6 Northern Qi Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Shenwu, Emperor Shizong Wenxiang History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 22
• 卷14 列傳第6 賀拔勝 弟岳 兄允 侯莫陳悅 念賢 Volume 14 Biographies 6: He Basheng (younger brother Yue, older brother Yong); Houmo Chenyue; Nian Xian Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 22
• 卷六十一　列傳第四十九:　王盟 獨孤信 竇熾 賀蘭祥 叱列伏龜 閻慶 史寧 權景宣 Volume 61 Biographies 49: Wang Meng, Du Guxin, Dou Chi, He Lanxiang, Chilie Fugui, Yan Qing, Shi Ning, Quan Jingxuan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 21
• 《魏世家》 House of Wei Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 21
• 卷32 高湖 崔逞 封懿 Volume 32: Gao Hu, Cui Cheng, Feng Yi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21

Collocations

• 秦拔 (秦拔) 秦拔鄴矣 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 飾邪第十九 Chapter 19: On Pretensions and Evil — count: 47
• 拔剑 (拔劍) 何故拔劍於君所 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 11
• 可拔 (可拔) 毋使可拔 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備梯 Book 14 - Defense against Attack with Ladders — count: 4
• 拔赵 (拔趙) 拔趙二城 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 4
• 城拔 (城拔) 故攻不待沖隆雲梯而城拔 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 3
• 拔魏 (拔魏) 庶長將兵拔魏城 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States — count: 3
• 遂拔 (遂拔) 於是籍遂拔劍斬守頭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3
• 拔宜阳 (拔宜陽) 往年秦拔宜陽 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十三 權謀 Chapter 13: Tactics — count: 3
• 未拔 (未拔) 昌邑未拔 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 3
• 不能拔 (不能拔) 不能拔也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 初見秦第一 Chapter 1: Initial Interview with the King of Qin — count: 3