拔掉
bá diào
Pinyin

Definition

拔掉
 - 
bá diào
  1. to pluck
  2. to pull off
  3. to pull out
  4. to unplug

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

掉
diào
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to lag behind
  4. 4 to lose
  5. 5 to go missing
  6. 6 to reduce
  7. 7 fall (in prices)
  8. 8 to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. 9 to wag
  10. 10 to swing
  11. 11 to turn
  12. 12 to change
  13. 13 to exchange
  14. 14 to swap
  15. 15 to show off
  16. 16 to shed (hair)
  17. 17 (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
丢掉
diū diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to throw away
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast away
删掉
shān diào
  1. 1 to delete
剪掉
jiǎn diào
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to cut away
  3. 3 to trim
去掉
qù diào
  1. 1 to get rid of
  2. 2 to exclude
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to delete
  6. 6 to strip out
  7. 7 to extract
吃掉
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
喝掉
hē diào
  1. 1 to drink up
  2. 2 to finish (a drink)
坏掉
huài diào
  1. 1 spoilt
  2. 2 ruined
失掉
shī diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to miss
干掉
gàn diào
  1. 1 to get rid of
忘掉
wàng diào
  1. 1 to forget
打掉
dǎ diào
  1. 1 to tear down
  2. 2 to destroy
  3. 3 to dismantle (a gang)
  4. 4 to abort (a fetus)
扔掉
rēng diào
  1. 1 to throw away
  2. 2 to throw out
拔掉
bá diào
  1. 1 to pluck
  2. 2 to pull off
  3. 3 to pull out
  4. 4 to unplug
拔牙
bá yá
  1. 1 to extract a tooth
挺拔
tǐng bá
  1. 1 tall and straight
掉下
diào xià
  1. 1 to drop down
  2. 2 to fall
掉泪
diào lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears
掉落
diào luò
  1. 1 to fall down
掉头
diào tóu
  1. 1 to turn one's head
  2. 2 to turn round
  3. 3 to turn about

Idioms (13)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
  1. 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
  2. 2 at daggers drawn
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
坚韧不拔
jiān rèn bù bá
  1. 1 firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
拔毛连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. 1 to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
路见不平，拔刀相助
lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù
  1. 1 lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to rush to the rescue
  3. 3 to play the white knight

Sample Sentences

所以你才担心人工智能统治宇宙？你想太多了，把插头拔掉，电脑就没用啦，哈哈哈！
suǒyǐ nǐ cái dānxīn réngōng zhìnéng tǒngzhì yǔzhòu ？nǐ xiǎng tài duō le ，bǎ chātóu bádiào ，diànnǎo jiù méi yòng la ，hā hā hā ！
It's only now that you're worried about artificial intelligence ruling the universe? You're thinking too much. Take out the plug and the computer is useless, ha ha ha!
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