拔
bá HSK5

pull up

拔 bá
pull out verb
to pull up, pull out, or draw out by suction

医生帮他拔了一颗牙。

yī​shēng bāng tā bá le yī kē yá.

The doctor pulled one of his teeth.

select verb
to select or pick out (e.g., for a position or talent)

学校从学生中拔了三个人去参加决赛。

xué​xiào cóng xué​sheng zhōng bá le sān gè rén qù cān​jiā jué​sài.

The school selected three students to participate in the finals.

seize verb
to seize or capture (a stronghold or city)

我军接连拔了敌人的几个重要据点。

wǒ jūn jiē​lián bá le dí​rén de jǐ gè zhòng​yào jù​diǎn.

Our army captured several of the enemy's key strongholds in succession.

stand out adjective
to stand out above the level or surpass others

他在这一届学生中显得特别拔尖。

tā zài zhè yī jiè xué​sheng zhōng xiǎn​de tè​bié bá​jiān.

He stands out as one of the top students in this class.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,502nd most common 71.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,683rd most common 32.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
23.5 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
23.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62D4

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