| bá | to pull up/to pull out/to draw out by suction/to select/to pick/to stand out (above level)/to surpass/to seize |
| 拔 | to pull up to pull out to draw out by suction |
| 拔丝 | wire drawing candied floss |
| 拔丝山药 | a hot candied yam |
| 拔丝机 | a wire-drawing bench; a wire-drawing machine |
| 拔俗 | To be beyond the ordinary, exceptional. |
| 拔出 | unsheathe; evulsion; pull out; draw; pluck out; evulse; extraction; drag up; unshaved |
| 拔刀相助 | draw one's sword and come to the rescue |
| 拔取 | to pick out to select and recruit to pluck |
| 拔地 | rise steeply from level ground |
| 拔地而起 | rise sheer from level ground |
| 拔塞钻 | a corkscrew |
| 拔尖 | top-notch (colloquial) to push oneself to the front |
| 拔尖儿 | erhua variant of 拔尖 |
| 拔掉 | to pluck to pull off to pull out |
| 拔擢 | select the best people for promotion |
| 拔染 | discharge |
| 拔染剂 | discharging agents; discharge |
| 拔染印花 | discharge printing |
| 拔根 | uproot |
| 拔桩机 | a pile-drawing machine; a pile-extractor |