扯 (chě) — to pull, to tug; to tear, to rip; to chat, to gossip
Definition
扯 covers two distinct senses: physical pulling/tearing (overlaps with 拉 'pull/drag' and 撕 'tear'), and colloquial chatting (close to 聊天儿 'chat'). For the chat sense it is casual and can sound dismissive, like 'stop yakking'.
verb
to pullto tugto tearto ripto chatto gossip
Examples
- 扯。Tā chě le wǒ de yī fu yí xià.He gave my clothes a tug.
- 扯。Tā bù xiǎo xīn bǎ shū chě pò le.She accidentally tore the book.
- 扯，。Nǐ men bié chě le, kuài gōng zuò.Stop chatting, and get to work.
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