拖拉

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
trad. (拖拉)		拖	拉
simp. #(拖拉)		拖	拉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ laai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-la / tho-la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuola
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-la¹
    • Yale: twō-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuolha
    • Palladius: тола (tola)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ laai¹
    • Yale: tō lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-la
    • Tâi-lô: thua-la
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toalaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ la³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho-la
    • Tâi-lô: tho-la
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toilaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³ la³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴/

Verb

拖拉

1. to pull; to drag
2. to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong

Synonyms

• (to pull):

• 扳
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拉動／拉动 (lādòng)
• 拖曳 (tuōyè)
• 挽 (wǎn)
• 牽引／牵引 (qiānyǐn)

 

• (to delay):

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to delay”):

• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)

 

Adjective

拖拉

1. slow; sluggish

Synonyms

• 不快 (bùkuài)
• 拖沓 (tuōtà)
• 拖沙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拖黐 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
• 舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
• 遲緩／迟缓 (chíhuǎn)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 黐拖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)