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拔 bá

to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
扌
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 扌犮 ⿰扌犮

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Example sentences with 拔

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  1. 这座山的海拔很高。
    Zhè zuò shān de hǎibá hěn gāo.
    This mountain's altitude is very high.
    this (measure) mountain (particle) sea-elevation very high
  2. 公司会不会提拔他？
    Gōngsī huì bu huì tíbá tā?
    Will the company promote him?
    company will not will promote he (question)
  3. 请从这些学生中选拔最优秀的。
    Qǐng cóng zhèxiē xuésheng zhōng xuǎnbá zuì yōuxiù de.
    Please select the best from among these students.
    please from these student in select most excellent (particle)
  4. 他今年没有被提拔。
    Tā jīnnián méiyǒu bèi tíbá.
    He wasn't promoted this year.
    he this-year not-have (passive) promote
  5. 山顶上，长着一棵挺拔的松树。
    Shāndǐng shang, zhǎngzhe yì kē tǐngbá de sōngshù.
    On the mountaintop, a tall and straight pine tree grows.
    mountaintop on, grow-(particle) one (measure) tall-straight (particle) pine-tree

Words with 拔 (6)