扯

chě
#2,080 most
frequent character
to pull
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

扯 chě joins 扌 hand with 止 zhǐ. A hand pulling gives the first meaning, 'to pull, lead by the hand'. From there it grew to 'to tear' and 'to chat, gossip'. 止 zhǐ supplies the sound, though the link is not clear in Mandarin.

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Example Sentences

他用力扯开了门。
tā yònglì chě kāi le mén 。
He pulled the door open with force.
请不要扯我的衣服。
qǐng búyào chě wǒde yīfú 。
Please don't pull my clothes.
她扯了一下绳子。
tā chě le yīxià shéngzǐ 。
She gave the rope a pull.

Same Characters, Different Readings

扯chě
to pull

Words with similar meanings

拉lā
to pull
A more general term for pulling, often used in various contexts.
拖tuō
to drag
Implies pulling something along the ground, often with some resistance.

Homophones

尺chě
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

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