# 拖

| 拖 | U+62D6, &#25302; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D6 |
| ← 拕 [U+62D5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 拗 → [U+62D7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

拖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人心木 (QOPD), four-corner 5801$_2$, composition ⿰扌㐌)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11961
* Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1853, character 8
* Unihan data for U+62D6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 他 | *l̥ʰaːl |
| 拖 | *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls |
| 駞 | *l'aːl |
| 池 | *l'aːl, *l'al |
| 灺 | *ljalʔ |
| 鍦 | *ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals |
| 虵 | *ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal |
| 也 | *laːlʔ |
| 忚 | *hleːl |
| 髢 | *l'eːls |
| 杝 | *l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal |
| 肔 | *l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ |
| 馳 | *l'al |
| 阤 | *l'alʔ, *hljalʔ |
| 施 | *hljal, *hljals |
| 絁 | *hljal |
| 葹 | *hljal |
| 弛 | *hljalʔ |
| 箷 | *lal |
| 衪 | *lel, *lalʔ |
| 暆 | *lel |
| 迆 | *lal, *lalʔ |
| 酏 | *lal, *lalʔ |
| 匜 | *lal, *lalʔ |
| 迤 | *lalʔ |
| 扡 | *lalʔ |
| 崺 | *lalʔ |
| 貤 | *lals, *ɦljels, *lels |
| 地 | *l'els |
Variant form of 拕 / 拖 (tuō), phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls): semantic 手 + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tuō (tuo$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tuō
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): то (to, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): to$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thô
    (Hailu, HRS): to$^ˋ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): te$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): tuói / tó̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): tăi / tuà / tŏ̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tua$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thoa / tho / tho͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tua$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$tha / $^1$thu / $^1$thou / $^1$tho
** (Jinhua): $^1$tha; $^1$thuo
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tuo
*** Wade–Giles: tʻo$^1$
*** Yale: twō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo
*** Palladius: то (to)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: tuō
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰuo⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: то (to, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: to$^1$
*** Yale: tō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: to$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: to$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: te$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰɤ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuói / tó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰuɛ⁵⁴/, /tʰɔ⁵⁴/
* tuói - vernacular;
* tó̤ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: thaH
Rime :
| Character | 拖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 吐邏切 |
| Baxter | thaH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰa$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tuò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | to$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːl/, /*l̥ʰaːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 拖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tuō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tha › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁaj/ |
| English | draw, pull |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 拖 | 拖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14766 | 14767 |
| Phonetic component | 也 | 也 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 佗 | 拖 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰaːl/ | /*l̥ʰaːls/ |
| Notes | | 俗拕字 |

### Definitions

拖
* to drag; to tow; to haul
    拖車／拖车 ― tuōchē ― tow truck
    強拖／强拖 ― qiáng tuō ― to forcefully drag
    拖喼 [Cantonese] ― to$^1$ gip$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to lug a suitcase
    From: 1883, Dictionary of the Swatow dialect
    i$^1$ zo$^3$ se$^7$ tua$^1$ ni$^5$ tua$^1$ zui$^2$ [Peng'im]
    He does a thing as if he were being dragged to it through mud and water.
* to mop
    拖地 ― tuōdì ― to mop the floor
* to droop; to dangle; to hang down; to sag
* to hold hands
    手拖手 ― shǒu tuō shǒu ― hand holding hand
* to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong
    拖時間／拖时间 [Cantonese] ― to$^1$ si$^4$ gaan$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to stall
* to sustain (a sound)
* to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
* Short for 拖鞋 (tuōxié, “flip-flops; slippers”).
    人字拖 [Cantonese] ― jan$^4$ zi$^6$ to$^1$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Cantonese, slang) fight
    還拖／还拖 [Cantonese] ― waan$^4$ to$^1$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* a surname, Tuo

#### Synonyms

* (to drag):
* 扳
* 拉動 / 拉动 (lādòng)
* 拖拉 (tuōlā)
* 拖曳 (tuōyè)
* 挽 (wǎn)
* 牽引 / 牵引 (qiānyǐn)
* (to droop):
* 下垂 (xiàchuí)
* 嘟嚕 / 嘟噜 (dūlu)
* 塌 (tā)
* 耷拉 (dāla) (colloquial)
* (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)
* 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
* 拖延 (tuōyán)
* 拖拉 (tuōlā)
* 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
* 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
* 挨 (ái)
* 挨延 (Hokkien)
* 挨稽 (Hokkien)
* 挨臺 / 挨台 (ngai$^2$ tai$^2$) (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)
* 遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
* 順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)
* (to pin down): 牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to delay”):
* 提前 (tíqián)
* 提早 (tízǎo)
* 進前 / 进前 (Hokkien)

### Compounds

* 一窩一拖 / 一窝一拖
* 七拖八欠
* 兜拖
* 帶水拖泥 / 带水拖泥
* 懷金拖紫 / 怀金拖紫
* 手拖
* 拖下水
* 拖人落水
* 拖兒帶女 / 拖儿带女
* 拖刀計 / 拖刀计
* 拖吊
* 拖吊車 / 拖吊车 (tuōdiàochē)
* 拖地 (tuōdì)
* 拖地膽 / 拖地胆
* 拖地錦 / 拖地锦
* 拖垮 (tuōkuǎ)
* 拖天掃地 / 拖天扫地
* 拖字訣 / 拖字诀 (tuōzìjué)
* 拖尾巴
* 拖帶 / 拖带
* 拖床
* 拖延 (tuōyán)
* 拖後腿 / 拖后腿 (tuō hòutuǐ)
* 拖把 (tuōbǎ)
* 拖扯
* 拍拖 (pāituō)
* 拖拉 (tuōlā)
* 拖拖拉拉
* 拖拖棲棲 / 拖拖栖栖
* 拖拉機 / 拖拉机 (tuōlājī)
* 拖拽 (tuōzhuài)
* 拖掛 / 拖挂 (tuōguà)
* 拖曳 (tuōyè)
* 拖曳傘 / 拖曳伞
* 拖曳機 / 拖曳机
* 拖枝馬遠 / 拖枝马远
* 拖欠 (tuōqiàn)
* 拖步
* 拖沓 (tuōtà)
* 拖泥帶水 / 拖泥带水 (tuōnídàishuǐ)
* 拖油瓶 (tuōyóupíng)
* 拖漢精 / 拖汉精
* 拖牢洞
* 拖狗皮
* 拖班
* 拖男帶女 / 拖男带女
* 拖男挈女
* 拖男挾女 / 拖男挟女
* 拖磨 (tuōmó)
* 拖空子
* 拖累 (tuōlěi)
* 拖紫垂青
* 拖網 / 拖网 (tuōwǎng)
* 拖翻
* 拖腔
* 拖船 (tuōchuán)
* 拖車 / 拖车 (tuōchē)
* 拖輪 / 拖轮
* 拖逗 (tuōdòu)
* 拖鉤 / 拖钩
* 拖鎗拽棒 / 拖枪拽棒
* 拖鞋 (tuōxié)
* 拖駁 / 拖驳
* 拖麻拽布
* 拽布拖麻
* 拽象拖犀
* 推拖
* 橫拖倒拽 / 横拖倒拽
* 歹戲拖棚 / 歹戏拖棚
* 毛裡拖氈 / 毛里拖毡
* 氈上拖毛 / 毡上拖毛
* 沓拖
* 珥金拖紫
* 生拖死拽
* 磨拖
* 紆青拖紫 / 纡青拖紫
* 腰金拖紫
* 連拖帶拉 / 连拖带拉
* 連拖帶拽 / 连拖带拽

### References

* “拖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “拖”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 549.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): た (ta)、だ (da)、い (i)
* Kun: ひく (hiku, 拖く)

## Korean
### Hanja

拖 (eumhun 끌 타 (kkeul ta))
* hanja form of 타 (“to drag”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

拖: Hán Nôm readings: đà, đớ, đợ, đỡ, tha, đoa, đòa/đoà
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