拖把
tuō bǎ
Pinyin

Definition

拖把
 - 
tuō bǎ
  1. mop

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

把
bǎ
  1. 1 to hold
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to grasp
  4. 4 to take hold of
  5. 5 handle
  6. 6 particle marking the following noun as a direct object
  7. 7 classifier for objects with handle
  8. 8 classifier for small objects: handful
把握
bǎ wò
  1. 1 to grasp (also fig.)
  2. 2 to seize
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 assurance
  5. 5 certainty
  6. 6 sure (of the outcome)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拖
tuō
  1. 1 variant of 拖[tuō]
拖鞋
tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
一把手
yī bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 working hand
  2. 2 member of a work team
  3. 3 participant
  4. 4 (short form of 第一把手[dì yī bǎ shǒu]) the boss
二把手
èr bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 deputy leader
  2. 2 the second-in-command
个把
gè bǎ
  1. 1 one or two
  2. 2 a couple of
倒把
dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 to play the market
  2. 2 to speculate (on financial markets)
  3. 3 to profiteer
布拖
Bù tuō
  1. 1 Butuo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liáng shān Yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
手把
shǒu bà
  1. 1 handle
把儿
bà r5
  1. 1 a handle
把妹
bǎ mèi
  1. 1 to pick up a girl
  2. 2 to get a girl
把子
bà zi
  1. 1 handle
把守
bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 to guard
把尿
bǎ niào
  1. 1 to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she urinates
把弄
bǎ nòng
  1. 1 to play with
  2. 2 to finger
把式
bǎ shì
  1. 1 person skilled in a trade
  2. 2 skill
把戏
bǎ xì
  1. 1 acrobatics
  2. 2 jugglery
  3. 3 cheap trick
  4. 4 game
把手
bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 to shake hands

Idioms (13)

一把屎一把尿
yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào
  1. 1 to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
把持不定
bǎ chí bù dìng
  1. 1 indecisive (idiom)
把酒言欢
bǎ jiǔ yán huān
  1. 1 to drink and chat merrily (idiom)
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏一把汗
niē yī bǎ hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)
铁将军把门
tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén
  1. 1 lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside

Sample Sentences

你看到了吗？自习室最后两排全都被砖头和拖把占座了。真不要脸！
nǐ kàndào le ma ？zìxíshì zuìhòu liǎng pái quándōu bèi zhuāntou hé tuōbǎ zhànzuò le 。zhēn bùyàoliǎn ！
Did you see? The last two rows in the study room are all taken up with bricks and mops! It's disgraceful!
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我听说在北方，“拖把”他们也听得懂。但是他们也会说“拖布”。
wǒ tīngshuō zài běifāng ，“tuōbǎ ”tāmen yě tīng de dǒng 。dànshì tāmen yě huì shuō “tuōbù ”。
I've heard that in the North, that they understand “tuōbǎ”. However, they also say “tuōbù”.
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