拔 (bá) means Pull out (select - raise). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
选 拔 标准非常严格。
Xuǎnbá biāozhǔn fēicháng yángé.
The selection criteria are extremely strict.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 选拔
海 拔 越高，气温越低。
Hǎibá yuè gāo, qìwēn yuè dī.
The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 海拔
他去年被提 拔 为主管。
Tā qùnián bèi tíbá wéi zhǔguǎn.
He was promoted to supervisor last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 提拔
这座山的海 拔 超过三千米。
Zhè zuò shān de hǎibá chāoguò sānqiān mǐ.
This mountain is over three thousand metres above sea level.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 海拔
路边的白杨长得非常挺 拔 。
Lù biān de báiyáng zhǎng de fēicháng tǐngbá.
The poplars by the road grow tall and straight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挺拔
公司从中选 拔 了三名骨干。
Gōngsī cóng zhōng xuǎnbá le sān míng gǔgàn.
The company selected three key staff from among them.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 选拔
他身姿挺 拔 ，一看就是军人。
Tā shēnzī tǐngbá, yí kàn jiù shì jūnrén.
His bearing is upright; you can tell at once he is a soldier.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挺拔
公司愿意提 拔 有能力的年轻人。
Gōngsī yuànyì tíbá yǒu nénglì de niánqīngrén.
The company is willing to promote capable young people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 提拔
鉴于他的表现，公司决定提 拔 他。
Jiànyú tā de biǎoxiàn, gōngsī juédìng tíbá tā.
In light of his performance, the company decided to promote him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鉴于
教育急不得， 拔 苗助长只会适得其反。
Jiàoyù jí bu dé, bámiáozhùzhǎng zhǐ huì shìdéqífǎn.
Education cannot be rushed; forcing growth only backfires.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拔苗助长
让四岁的孩子学高等数学，无异于 拔 苗助长。
Ràng sì suì de háizi xué gāoděng shùxué, wú yì yú bámiáozhùzhǎng.
Making a four-year-old study advanced maths is no different from pulling up shoots to make them grow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拔苗助长
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Words that contain 拔
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Questions about 拔
How is 拔 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 拔 (bá, "Pull out (select - raise)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 拔 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 拔 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 拔?
The dictionary page for 拔 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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