扯

chě

variant of 扯[che3]

to pull; to tear

hand (扌) + phonetic (止) = pull or tear

The hand radical drives the meaning: pulling and tearing are forceful manual actions. 止 contributes the sound chě rather than any sense of stopping.

扌+止→扯
扌HandSemantic
止StopPhonetic

她用力扯断了那根绳子。

tā yòng lì chě duàn le nà gēn shéng zi。

She pulled hard and tore that rope apart.

他一把扯开信封,迫不及待地看信。

tā yī bǎ chě kāi xìn fēng,pò bù jí dài de kàn xìn。

He tore the envelope open at once, eager to read the letter.

Words with 扯

牵扯

qiān chě

to involve; to implicate

胡扯

hú chě

to chatter

闲扯

xián chě

to chat

鬼扯

guǐ chě

nonsense

鬼扯腿

guǐ chě tuǐ

unable to restrain oneself

丢轮扯炮

diū lún chě pào

(idiom) flustered

互相扯皮

hù xiāng chě pí

to pass the buck

扯住

chě zhù

to grasp firmly

扯嗓子

chě sǎng zi

to raise one's voice

扯家常

chě jiā cháng

to engage in small talk

扯平

chě píng

to make even

扯后腿

chě hòu tuǐ

to be a drag or hindrance on sb

More characters with 扌

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