扯

撦
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

他用力扯了扯绳子。
tā yònglì chě le chě shéngzǐ 。
He pulled on the rope with force.
请不要扯我的衣服。
qǐng búyào chě wǒde yīfú 。
Please don't pull on my clothes.
她扯了一下这张纸。
tā chě le yīxià zhè zhāng zhǐ 。
She pulled on this piece of paper.

Same Characters, Different Readings

扯chě
to pull

Words with similar meanings

拉lā
to pull
This is a more common and general term for pulling, often used in everyday language.
拽zhuài
to tug
This implies a stronger, more forceful pull compared to '扯'.

Homophones

扯chě
to pull
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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