Meaning
make rubbing; expand; support on palm; to develop; to open up
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tuo” becomes a different word in each tone. 拓 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 开拓kāi tuòto break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)
- 拓展tuò zhǎnto expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up
- 拓宽tuò kuānto broaden
- 拓本tà běnrubbing of inscription
- 拓片tà piànrubbings from a tablet
Example Sentence
我们要不断开拓自己的眼界。Wǒ men yào bú duàn kāi tuò zì jǐ de yǎn jiè.We should constantly broaden our horizons.
我们Wǒ menwe要不yào búotherwise断开duàn kāito break拓tuòto expand自己zì jǐoneself的deof眼界yǎn jièfield of vision。