扯
chě HSK7

rip up

扯 chě frequency
pull verb
to pull, tug, or tear something

请不要扯我的衣服。

qǐng bù yào chě wǒ de yī​fu.

Please don't pull on my clothes.

buy cloth verb
to buy (specifically referring to cloth or thread)

她去商店扯了两米布。

tā qù shāng​diàn chě le liǎng mǐ bù.

She went to the store and bought two meters of fabric.

chat verb
to chat, gossip, or talk idly

咱们别瞎扯了，说点正经事吧。

zán​men bié xiā chě le, shuō diǎn zhèng​jīng​shì ba.

Let's stop talking nonsense and get down to business.

ridiculous verb
(colloquial) (Taiwan) ridiculous, absurd, or nonsensical

这件事真的太扯了，我不相信。

zhèi jiàn shì zhēn​de tài chě le, wǒ bù xiāng​xìn.

This is so ridiculous; I don't believe it.

扯 (撦) chě
pull verb
to pull, drag, or haul something with force

他费力地把沉重的箱子往门外扯。

tā fèi​lì de bǎ chén​zhòng de xiāng​zi wǎng mén wài chě.

He struggled to drag the heavy box out the door.

tear verb
to rip or tear something apart by pulling

他不小心把衣服扯破了。

tā bù xiǎo​xīn bǎ yī​fu chě pò le.

He accidentally tore his clothes.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,084th most common 32.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,271st most common 63.0 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
48.2 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
20.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+626F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)