拖

See also: 拕

拖	U+62D6, 拖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D6

← 拕
[U+62D5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

拗 →
[U+62D7]

Translingual

Han character

拖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人心木 (QOPD), four-corner 5801₂, composition ⿰扌㐌)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11961
Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1853, character 8
Unihan data for U+62D6

Chinese

trad.		拖
simp. ^#		拖
alternative forms		拕／拖扡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (也) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	l̥ʰaːl, l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	l'aːl, l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	ɦljaːl, hljal, *hljals
虵	ɦljal, laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	l̥ʰalʔ, l'alʔ, *lal
肔	l̥ʰalʔ, lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	l'alʔ, hljalʔ
施	hljal, hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	lel, lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	lal, lalʔ
酏	lal, lalʔ
匜	lal, lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	lals, ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

Variant form of 拕／拖 (tuō), phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls) : semantic 手 + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tuō (tuo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tuō

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): то (to, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thô
Jin (Wiktionary): te¹
Northern Min (KCR): tuói / tó̤
Eastern Min (BUC): tăi / tuà / tŏ̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tua¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thoa / tho / tho͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): tua¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tha / ¹thu / ¹thou / ¹tho
- (Jinhua): ¹tha; ¹thuo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹
  - Yale: twō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo
  - Palladius: то (to)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: tuō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuo⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: то (to, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: to¹
  - Yale: tō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: to¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: te¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰɤ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuói / tó̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuɛ⁵⁴/, /tʰɔ⁵⁴/

Note:

tuói - vernacular;
tó̤ - literary.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi / tuà / tŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/, /tʰua⁵³/, /tʰo⁵⁵/

Note:

tăi, tuà - vernacular;
tŏ̤ - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tua¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰua⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa
  - Tâi-lô: thua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho
  - Tâi-lô: tho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘
  - Tâi-lô: thoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ³³/

Note:

thoa - vernacular;
tho/tho͘ - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: tua¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thua
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰua³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Haining, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹tha
  - MiniDict: tha^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tha
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰɑ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /tʰa⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /tʰa⁵²/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Haining)
  - Wugniu: ¹thu
  - MiniDict: thu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /tʰu⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹thou
  - MiniDict: thou^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰəu⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /tʰəu⁵²/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tho
  - MiniDict: tho^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /tʰo³³⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹tha; ¹thuo
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /tʰɑ³³⁴/, /tʰuɤ³³⁴/

Note:

tha - vernacular;
th(o)u - literary.

Middle Chinese: thaH

Rime
Character	拖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	吐邏切
Baxter	thaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰa^H/
Li Rong	/tʰɑ^H/
Wang Li	/tʰɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	to³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤaj/

(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːl/, /*l̥ʰaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tuō
Middle Chinese	‹ tha ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁaj/
English	draw, pull
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拖	拖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14766	14767
Phonetic component	也	也
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	佗	拖
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːl/	/*l̥ʰaːls/
Notes		俗拕字

Definitions

拖

to drag; to tow; to haul
拖車／拖车 ― tuōchē ― tow truck

強拖／强拖 ― qiáng tuō ― to forcefully drag

拖喼 [Cantonese] ― to¹ gip¹ [Jyutping] ― to lug a suitcase
- 伊做事拖泥拖水 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]
  From: 1883, Dictionary of the Swatow dialect
  i¹ zo³ se⁷ tua¹ ni⁵ tua¹ zui² [Peng'im]
  He does a thing as if he were being dragged to it through mud and water.
to mop
拖地 ― tuōdì ― to mop the floor
to droop; to dangle; to hang down; to sag
to hold hands
手拖手 ― shǒu tuō shǒu ― hand holding hand
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong
拖時間／拖时间 [Cantonese] ― to¹ si⁴ gaan³ [Jyutping] ― to stall
to sustain (a sound)
to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
Short for 拖鞋 (tuōxié, “flip-flops; slippers”).
人字拖 [Cantonese] ― jan⁴ zi⁶ to¹ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Cantonese, slang) fight
還拖／还拖 [Cantonese] ― waan⁴ to¹ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
a surname: Tuo

Synonyms

(to drag):

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扳
拉動／拉动 (lādòng)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖曳 (tuōyè)
挽 (wǎn)
牽引／牵引 (qiānyǐn)

(to droop):

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下垂 (xiàchuí)
嘟嚕／嘟噜 (dūlu)
塌 (tā)
耷拉 (dāla) (colloquial)

(to delay):

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展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
延延 (Hokkien)
延後／延后 (yánhòu)
延期 (yánqī)
延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
延誤／延误 (yánwù)
延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
拖宕 (tuōdàng)
拖延 (tuōyán)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
挨 (ái)
挨延 (Hokkien)
挨稽 (Hokkien)
挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
捱延 (Hokkien)
推延 (tuīyán)
捱稽 (Hokkien)
推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
緩／缓 (huǎn)
耗 (regional)
耽延 (dānyán)
耽擱／耽搁
耽誤／耽误
貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
遲誤／迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

(to pin down): 牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to delay”):

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提前 (tíqián)
提早 (tízǎo)
進前／进前 (Hokkien)

Compounds

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “拖”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 549.

Japanese

Kanji

拖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): た (ta)、だ (da)、い (i)
Kun: ひく (hiku, 拖く)

Korean

Hanja

拖 (eumhun 끌 타 (kkeul ta))

hanja form^? of 타 (“to drag”)

Vietnamese

Han character

拖: Hán Nôm readings: đà, đớ, đợ, đỡ, tha, đoa, đòa/đoà

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