拖

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

• 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

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

拖

1. 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.

2. to mop

   拖地  ―  tuōdì  ―  to mop the floor

3. to droop; to dangle; to hang down; to sag
4. to hold hands

   手拖手  ―  shǒu tuō shǒu  ―  hand holding hand

5. 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

6. to sustain (a sound)
7. to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
8. 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)

9. (Cantonese, slang) fight

   還拖／还拖 [Cantonese]  ―  waan⁴ to¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

10. a surname, Tuo

• (to drag):

• (to droop):

• (to delay):

• (to pin down): 牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)

• (antonym(s) of “to delay”):

• “拖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 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.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

拖 (eumhun 끌 타 (kkeul ta))

1. hanja form^? of 타 (“to drag”)

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

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