Meaning
dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along
Chinese: 拖拉、拖动。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tuo” becomes a different word in each tone. 拖 is the 1st 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
- 拖鞋tuō xiéslippers; sandals; flip-flops
- 拖延tuō yánto delay; to put off; to procrastinate
- 拖累tuō lěito encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate
- 拖欠tuō qiànin arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts
- 拖地tuō dìto mop the floor; (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground; full-length
Example Sentence
今天能做的事，不要拖到明天。Jīn tiān néng zuò de shì, bú yào tuō dào míng tiān.Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天Jīn tiāntoday能néngcan做zuòto make的deof事shìmatter，不要bú yàodon't!拖tuōto drag到dàoto reach明天míng tiāntomorrow。