拖
tuō HSK6

drag

拖 tuō frequency
variant 拕
to drag verb
to pull, drag, or haul something along the ground or another surface; to tow or trail behind

她是被拖到这儿的。

tā shì bèi tuō dào zhèr de.

She was dragged here.

他试图把自己拖出来，因为他不能呼吸。

tā shì​tú bǎ zì​jǐ tuō chū lai, yīn​wèi tā bù​néng hū​xī.

He tried to drag himself out, because he couldn’t breathe.

to delay verb
to delay, postpone, or procrastinate; to drag on or take too much time

不要把事情拖到最后一分钟。

bù​yào bǎ shì​qing tuō dào zuì hòu yī fēn​zhōng.

Do not put things off to the last minute.

to mop nounverb
to clean or wipe with a mop, especially the floor; also used as a short form for 地拖 dì​tuō or 拖把 tuō​bǎ
to hang down
to dangle or hang down behind something, such as a tail or braids
拖 tuō
to hold back verbparticle
to tie down, restrain, or involve others in trouble; to hinder
to prolong
to draw out or lengthen, especially the sound of a voice
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,492nd most common 72.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,197th most common 71.1 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
55.4 per million appears in 20% of films
Written text
45.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62D6

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