Usage of the character 拔

cupping glass
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)

báhǎi

拔海

[拔海]

elevation (above sea level)

Gūbá

孤拔

[孤拔]

Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War

báyāng

拔秧

[拔秧]

to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)

bádǐng

拔顶

[拔頂]

topping (mining)

hǎibá

海拔

[海拔]

height above sea level
elevation

juànbá

隽拔

[雋拔]

handsome (of people)
graceful (of calligraphy)

bámáo

拔锚

[拔錨]

to weigh anchor

bájiān

拔尖

[拔尖]

top-notch (colloquial)
to push oneself to the front

jìngbá

劲拔

[勁拔]

tall and straight

bárǎn

拔染

[拔染]

discharge

bádiào

拔掉

[拔掉]

to pluck
to pull off
to pull out
to unplug

bǎbá

把拔

[把拔]

daddy

bágēn

拔根

[拔根]

(lit. and fig.) to uproot

zhēnbá

甄拔

[甄拔]

to select

xuǎnbá

选拔

[選拔]

to select the best

kāibá

开拔

[開拔]

to set out (of troops)
departure
start date (of military expedition)

xiébá

鞋拔

[鞋拔]

shoehorn

bágāo

拔高

[拔高]

to raise (one's voice)
to overrate
to build up
to stand out
outstanding

báqún

拔群

[拔群]

outstanding
exceptionally good

bájié

拔节

[拔節]

jointing (agriculture)

tǐngbá

挺拔

[挺拔]

tall and straight

jùnbá

俊拔

[俊拔]

outstandingly talented

chāobá

超拔

[超拔]

outstanding
to fast-track
to elevate
to free oneself from

báguànzi

拔罐子

[拔罐子]

cupping technique used in TCM

Hànníbá

汉尼拔

[漢尼拔]

Hannibal (name)
Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general

bámáorú

拔茅茹

[拔茅茹]

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
fig. also involving others
inextricably tangled together
Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

rèchābá

热插拔

[熱插拔]

hot swapping

bádīngchuí

拔钉锤

[拔釘錘]

claw hammer

xiàngbábàng

象拔蚌

[象拔蚌]

elephant trunk clam
geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)

bájiānr

拔尖儿

[拔尖兒]

erhua variant of 拔尖 (bájiān)

báhuǒguàn

拔火罐

[拔火罐]

(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment
short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire

xiébázi

鞋拔子

[鞋拔子]

shoehorn

báguànfǎ

拔罐法

[拔罐法]

fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)

mǎtǒngbá

马桶拔

[馬桶拔]

plunger for unblocking toilet

bájiéqī

拔节期

[拔節期]

elongation stage
jointing stage (agriculture)

liángēnbá

连根拔

[連根拔]

to pull up by the roots
to uproot

Báshìbā

拔示巴

[拔示巴]

Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)

jiānrènbùbá

坚韧不拔

[堅韌不拔]

firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding

jiānrěnbùbá

坚忍不拔

[堅忍不拔]

fortitude

chuīdēngbálà

吹灯拔蜡

[吹燈拔蠟]

lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
fig. to die
to bite the dust
to be over and done with

bámáoliánrú

拔茅连茹

[拔茅連茹]

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
inextricably tangled together
Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

bádāoxiāngzhù

拔刀相助

[拔刀相助]

see 路見不平，拔刀相助／路见不平，拔刀相助 (lùjiànbùpíng,bádāoxiāngzhù)

chūlèibácuì

出类拔萃

[出類拔萃]

to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
preeminent
outstanding

jiànbánǔzhāng

剑拔弩张

[劍拔弩張]

lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
at daggers drawn

bámiáozhùzhǎng

拔苗助长

[拔苗助長]

to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

yànguòbámáo

雁过拔毛

[雁過拔毛]

lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
fig. to seize any opportunity
pragmatic

bámáoliánrú

拔毛连茹

[拔毛連茹]

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
inextricably tangled together
Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

báhuǒguànr

拔火罐儿

[拔火罐兒]

erhua variant of 拔火罐 (báhuǒguàn)

báliángbáliáng

拔凉拔凉

[拔涼拔涼]

(dialect) very cold
chilled

yīmáobùbá

一毛不拔

[一毛不拔]

stingy (idiom)

Abásī Wángcháo

阿拔斯王朝

[阿拔斯王朝]

Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate

ǎizilibájiāngjūn

矮子里拔将军

[矮子裡拔將軍]

lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

cuózilǐbájiāngjūn

矬子里拔将军

[矬子裡拔將軍]

lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom)
fig. to pick the best out of a bad group

rénjiāqiānlünǐbájué

人家牵驴你拔橛

[人家牽驢你拔橛]

see 別人牽驢你拔橛子／别人牵驴你拔橛子 (biérenqiānlünǐbájuézi)

bágēnhànmáobǐyāocū

拔根汗毛比腰粗

[拔根汗毛比腰粗]

lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B
(used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗 ( Abágēnhànmáobǐ Bdeyāocū))

báchūluóbodàichūní

拔出萝卜带出泥

[拔出蘿蔔帶出泥]

lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)
fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes
to cause further problems while working on a problem

biérenqiānlünǐbájuézi

别人牵驴你拔橛子

[別人牽驢你拔橛子]

lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

lùjiànbùpíng,bádāoxiāngzhù

路见不平，拔刀相助

[路見不平，拔刀相助]

lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
fig. to rush to the rescue
to play the white knight