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1.

Animated Stroke Order 拖

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How to write 拖 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 拖

拖 stroke order diagram

3.

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Left-Right

拖

扌shǒu · hand

㐌yí

拖=

4.

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5.

How to Use 拖

Delay or be in arrears

Used in words related to postponing or being late on an obligation.

拖延 • tuō yán • delay; put off; procrastinate • HSK 6

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6.

Example Sentences

bú不

yào要

tuō拖

yán延

wán完

chéng成

zuò

Information

Pinyintuō

Meaningto drag, to pull, to delay

Strokes8

Radical扌

Traditional拕

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1248

Zhuyinㄊㄨㄛ

UnicodeU+62D6

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扌shǒu · hand

+㐌yí

tuō拖

yán延

delay; put off; procrastinate

拖欠 • tuō qiàn • Owe / Be in arrears • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

tuō拖

qiàn欠

Owe / Be in arrears

Drag or pull

Used in words involving the physical or figurative action of dragging.

拖鞋 • tuō xié • slippers • HSK 3.0 · L5

HSK 3.0 · L5

tuō拖

xié鞋

slippers

拖累 • tuō lěi • Implicate / Drag down • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

tuō拖

lěi累

Implicate / Drag down

作

yè业

de的

shí时

jiān间

。

Don't procrastinate on completing homework

tā他

tuō拖

qiàn欠

le了

fáng房

zū租

。

He is behind on his rent.

tā他

yòng用

lì力

bǎ把

xiāng箱

zi子

tuō拖

jìn进

le了

fáng房

jiān间

。

He dragged the box into the room with effort.

huí回

jiā家

hòu后

qǐng请

huàn换

shàng上

tuō拖

xié鞋

。

Please change into slippers after returning home

wǒ我

yòng用

tuō拖

bǎ把

tuō拖

dì地

。

I use a mop to mop the floor.

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罐guànjar; pot; tank
归guīto return, to go back to
跪guìkneel (down)
棍gùnstick, rod, cudgel
害hàiharm, damage, injury
嘿hēihey

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Characters pronounced "tuo".

陀tuósteep bank, rough terrain
妥tuǒappropriate, proper, settled
鸵tuóostrich
驮tuóto carry on the back
脱tuōto escape; shed
托tuōto support with the hand or palm

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Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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