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划拉

huála
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to sweep aside
  2. 2 to brush away
  3. 3 to scribble (colloquial)
  4. 4 to scoop together

Examples

他用扫帚把垃圾划拉到一边。
Tā yòng sàozhou bǎ lājī huála dào yìbiān.
He swept the trash to one side with a broom.
她在纸上随便划拉了几笔。
Tā zài zhǐ shàng suíbiàn huálale jǐ bǐ.
She scribbled a few strokes on the paper.

Tips

register
Northern Chinese colloquial. Two main flavors: physical sweeping/scooping motion (food into a bag, dust off a table) and casual writing/scribbling. The 拉 takes neutral tone (la, not lā).

Stroke Order

划 huà
拉 lā