拔掉

bádiào

verb #9,166

Meanings

1 to pull out; to unplug; to extract
2 to remove by pulling

Characters

to pull out; to extract

away; off (result complement)

Examples

请把充电器拔掉。

Qǐng bǎ chōngdiànqì bádiào.

Please unplug the charger.

医生帮我拔掉了一颗牙。

Yīshēng bāng wǒ bádiào le yī kē yá.

The dentist pulled out one of my teeth.

把杂草拔掉。

Bǎ zácǎo bádiào.

Pull out the weeds.

Tips

grammar

掉 here is a result complement meaning 'away/off' — it confirms the action was completed. 拔 = to pull, 拔掉 = to pull off/out successfully. This pattern is very common: 丢掉 (throw away), 删掉 (delete), 忘掉 (forget completely).

Stroke Order

拔 bá

掉 diào