| 拔 | 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 |
| 选拔 | xuǎn bá | to select the best |
| 提拔 | tí bá | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion |
| 拔节 | bá jié | jointing |
| 挺拔 | tǐng bá | tall and straight |
| 坚韧不拔 | jiān rèn bù bá | firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding |
| 拔染 | bá rǎn | discharge |
| 一毛不拔 | yī máo bù bá | stingy (idiom) |
| 海拔 | hǎi bá | height above sea level; elevation |
| 俊拔 | jùn bá | outstandingly talented |
| 出类拔萃 | chū lèi bá cuì | to excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent; outstanding |
| 剑拔弩张 | jiàn bá nǔ zhāng | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn |
| 劲拔 | jìng bá | tall and straight |
| 坚忍不拔 | jiān rěn bù bá | fortitude |
| 孤拔 | Gū bá | 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 |
| 拓拔 | Tuò bá | branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓跋 |
| 拔取 | bá qǔ | to pick out; to select and recruit; to pluck; to pull |
| 拔地 | bá dì | rise steeply from level ground |
| 拔尖 | bá jiān | top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front |
| 拔尖儿 | bá jiānr | erhua variant of 拔尖 |
| 拔掉 | bá diào | to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug |
| 拔擢 | bá zhuó | select the best people for promotion |
| 拔根 | bá gēn | uproot |
| 拔毒 | bá dú | draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area |
| 拔毛 | bá máo | to pull out hair; to pluck; epilation |
| 拔毛连茹 | bá máo lián rú | 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. |
| 拔河 | bá hé | tug-of-war; to take part in a tug-of-war |
| 拔海 | bá hǎi | elevation (above sea level) |
| 拔火罐 | bá huǒ guàn | suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 气); detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw |
| 拔火罐儿 | bá huǒ guànr | erhua variant of 拔火罐, suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 气); detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw |
| 拔营 | bá yíng | strike camp |
| 拔牙 | bá yá | dental extraction |
| 拔秧 | bá yāng | pull up seedlings (for transplanting) |
| 拔丝 | bá sī | wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); in spun sugar; toffee |
| 拔罐 | bá guàn | cupping glass; fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin); ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) |
| 拔罐子 | bá guàn zǐ | cupping technique used in traditional Chinese medicine |
| 拔罐法 | bá guàn fǎ | fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin); ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) |
| 拔腿 | bá tuǐ | to break into a run |
| 拔苗助长 | bá miáo zhù zhǎng | to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) |
| 拔茅茹 | bá máo rú | 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. |
| 拔茅连茹 | bá máo lián rú | 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. |
| 拔萃 | bá cuì | to stand out from one's fellows; high level examination for official candidacy (traditional) |
| 拔钉锤 | bá dīng chuí | claw hammer |
| 拔锚 | bá máo | weigh anchor |
| 拔除 | bá chú | to pull out; to remove |
| 拔顶 | bá dǐng | topping |
| 挑拔 | tiǎo bá | to provoke |
| 汉尼拔 | Hàn ní bá | Hannibal (name); Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general |
| 热插拔 | rè chā bá | hot swapping |
| 甄拔 | zhēn bá | to select |
