提溜

dīliu

verb

Meanings

1 to carry (by a handle)
2 to dangle from the hand

Characters

to carry / lift

to slide / dangle

Examples

HSK 3

别把猫耳朵提溜起来。

Bié bǎ māo ěrduo dīliu qǐlai.

Don't lift the cat up by its ears.

HSK 7-9

他提溜着一个塑料袋回来了。

Tā dīliu zhe yí ge sùliàodài huílái le.

He came back dangling a plastic bag from his hand.

HSK 7-9

妈妈一手提溜着菜，一手牵着孩子。

Māma yìshǒu dīliu zhe cài, yìshǒu qiān zhe háizi.

Mom was carrying groceries in one hand and holding the kid with the other.

Tips

register

Colloquial. In Taiwan it is pronounced tíliū; the mainland reading is dīliu with a neutral-tone 溜. Implies the object hangs down from your hand, a bag, a dead fish, a cat by the scruff.

Stroke Order

提 tí

溜 liū