扯 chě — pull; tear; to talk casually
别扯我的衣服，会扯坏的。Bié chě wǒ de yī fu, huì chě huài de.Do not pull my clothes; you will tear them.
Common words: 牵扯 (qiān chě)、扯平 (chě píng)、扯直 (chě zhí)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "pull"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "pull", including 扯 (chě), 挽 (wǎn), 攀 (pān). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words…
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "pull" covers 3 different Chinese characters — 扯 (chě), 挽 (wǎn), 攀 (pān) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 3 characters do not share a sound — their readings span chě, wǎn, pān — so confirm the pinyin and tone for each one separately. The example sentences further down show how 扯 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 扯 chěpull; tear; to talk casuallyUseful words: 牵扯, 扯平
- 挽 wǎndraw; pull; send funeral odeUseful words: 挽救, 挽回
- 攀 pānclimb up; pullUseful words: 攀登, 攀升
Common words for these 3 "pull" characters
Anchor each of these 3 characters in a word you can picture — start with 扯 (chě) — so "pull" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
牵扯qiān chěto involve; to implicate; to be interrelated扯平chě píngto make even; to balance; (fig.) to be even; to call it quits扯直chě zhíto straighten (by pulling or stretching); to be even (neither side losing out)挽救wǎn jiùto save; to remedy; to rescue挽回wǎn huíto retrieve; to redeem挽力wǎn lìpulling power (of draft animals)攀登pān dēngto climb; to pull oneself up; to clamber; to scale攀升pān shēngto clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise高攀gāo pānsocial climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 3 ways to say "pull".
挽 wǎn — draw; pull; send funeral ode
这件事已经无法挽回了。Zhè jiàn shì yǐ jīng wú fǎ wǎn huí le.This matter can no longer be remedied.
Common words: 挽救 (wǎn jiù)、挽回 (wǎn huí)、挽力 (wǎn lì)
攀 pān — climb up; pull
他们沿着陡峭的山崖往上攀登。Tā men yán zhe dǒu qiào de shān yá wǎng shàng pān dēng.They climbed up along the steep cliff.
Common words: 攀登 (pān dēng)、攀升 (pān shēng)、高攀 (gāo pān)
All 3 characters
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