拖 (tuō)

to drag; to delay; to mop (floor)

How 拖 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
扌 — hand
Traditional
拖
Simplified
拖 (unchanged)

Components

  • 扌 hand
  • 丿 bend
  • 一 one
  • 乚 second
  • ㇆ N/A
  • 丨 line

Common words using 拖

拖鞋 tuōxié
slippers; sandals; flip-flops
拍拖 pāituō
to date sb
拖延 tuōyán
to adjourn; to delay; to defer
拖後腿 tuōhòutuǐ
to impede; to obstruct; to hold back
拖把 tuōbǎ
mop
拖拉 tuōlā
dilatory; slow; sluggish
拖拉機 tuōlājī
tractor; CL:臺|台[tai2]
拖拖拉拉 tuōtuōlālā
to procrastinate
拖欠 tuōqiàn
in arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts
拖沓 tuōtà
dilatory; procrastinating; obstructive
拖泥帶水 tuōnídàishuǐ
lit. wading in mud and water; a slovenly job; sloppy
拖累 tuōlěi
to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate

拖 in a sentence

麻煩你幫忙拖一下地板。

Máfan nǐ bāngmáng tuō yíxià dìbǎn.

“Please help mop the floor.”

How common is 拖?

拖 is the 1,490th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.5% of all running text.

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