Chinese Notes

拔 bá

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
bá adverb hurried
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 急速 (Guoyu '拔' adv)

Contained in

拔腿 to break into a run
拔宅飞昇(拔宅飛昇) to raise out of [your] home, flying to the heavens
拔丝(拔絲) wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
拔罐子 cupping technique used in TCM
拔根 to uproot
拔高 to raise (one's voice); to overrate; to build up; to stand out; outstanding
拔旗 to pull out a flag
救拔 to save; to rescue
拔群 outstanding; exceptionally good
振拔 to extract from a difficult situation; to rescue
拔示巴 Bathsheba
峭拔 high and steep [mountain] ; powerful [writing]
超拔 outstanding; to fast-track; to elevate; to free oneself from ; to save; to free from
甄拔 to select
挺拔 tall and straight
拔茅茹 pull up a plant and the roots follow; also involving others; inextricably tangled together
开拔(開拔) to set out (of troops); departure; start date (of military expedition)
热插拔(熱插拔) hot swapping
象拔蚌 elephant trunk clam
路见不平，拔刀相助(路見不平，拔刀相助) to intervene when one sees an injustice; to rush to the rescue; to play the white knight
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
拔地 to rise steeply from level ground
拔顶(拔頂) topping (mining)
隽拔(雋拔) handsome (of people); graceful (of calligraphy)
孤拔 tall and straight ; Amédée Courbet
坚韧不拔(堅韌不拔) firm and indomitable; tenacious and unyielding
拔尖 top-notch; to push oneself to the front
雁过拔毛(雁過拔毛) to grab feathers from a flying goose; to seize any opportunity; pragmatic
拔节期(拔節期) elongation stage; jointing stage
拔毛连茹(拔毛連茹) pull up a plant and the roots follow; also involving others; inextricably tangled together
拔宅上昇 to raise out of [your] home
拔毛 to pull out hair; to pluck; epilation
挑拔 to provoke
拔出 to promote ; outstanding ; to pull out
拔牙 to extract a tooth
劲拔(勁拔) tall and straight
简拔(簡拔) to select for promotion
连根拔(連根拔) to pull up by the roots; to uproot
拔节(拔節) jointing
拔秧 to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
拔染 discharge
拔营(拔營) to strike camp
拔毒 draw out pus
拔掉 to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug
拔取 to pick out; to select and recruit; to pluck; to pull
出类拔萃(出類拔萃) to excel the common; surpassing; preeminent; outstanding
拔垂杨柳(拔垂楊柳) pull up a willow tree
自拔 to free oneself; to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
矮子里拔将军(矮子裡拔將軍) choose a general from among the dwarfs; choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

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无枝拔、拔都

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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32 高湖崔逞封懿 Volume 32: Gao Hu, Cui Cheng, Feng Yi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21
卷102 西域 Volume 102: Western Regions Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21
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

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: 43
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
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
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
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
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
拔邯郸 (拔邯鄲) 拔邯鄲 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 初見秦第一 Chapter 1: Initial Interview with the King of Qin — 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