拖把

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of
trad. (拖把)		拖	把
simp. ^#(拖把)		拖	把

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōbǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄅㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ baa²
Eastern Min (BUC): tuă-bà
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): to¹ ba²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōbǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄅㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuobǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-pa³
  - Yale: twō-bǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuobaa
  - Palladius: тоба (toba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to¹ baa²
  - Yale: tō bá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ baa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: to¹ ba²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ paː³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tuă-bà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰua⁵⁵ ^(p-)βa⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: to¹ ba²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho pá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³⁻²³ pa⁵²/

Noun

拖把

mop
(Hong Kong) Misspelling of 拖板 (“power strip”).
- 2023 April 26, “院內發現內地兩腳電插口專家：港電器需轉插頭有危險”, in 明報 [Ming Pao]‎^[1]:
  
  放射部等候區設有梳化和枱，枱面放置插有充電器的拖把供病人使用 [Cantonese, trad.]
  放射部等候区设有梳化和枱，枱面放置插有充电器的拖把供病人使用 [Cantonese, simp.]
  fong³ se⁶ bou⁶ dang² hau⁶ keoi¹ cit³ jau⁵ so¹ faa^3-2 wo⁴ toi^4-2, toi^4-2 mi^6-2 fong³ zi³ caap³ jau⁵ cung¹ din⁶ hei³ dik¹ to¹ baa² gung¹ beng⁶ jan⁴ si² jung⁶ [Jyutping]
  The waiting area of the radiology department is fitted with sofas and tables. The tabletops are placed with power strips that are plugged with chargers for patients to use.

Synonyms

(mop):

Dialectal synonyms of 拖把 (“mop”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拖把
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	墩布
	Taiwan	拖把
	Langfang	墩布
	Harbin	拖子
	Singapore	拖把
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	墩布
	Cangzhou	墩布
	Baoding	墩布
	Shijiazhuang	墩布
	Jinan	拖把
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拖把
	Daming	墩布
	Xi'an	拖把
	Xining	拖把
	Xuzhou	拖把
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	拖把
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	拖把
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拖布, 拖帕
	Guiyang	拖把
	Liuzhou	地拖, 拖把
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	拖把
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拖把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	地拖
	Hong Kong	地拖
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	地拖
	Macau	地拖
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	地拖
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	地拖
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	地拖
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	地拖
	Foshan	地拖
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	地拖
	Foshan (Shunde)	地拖
	Foshan (Sanshui)	地拖
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	地拖
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	地拖
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	地拖
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	地拖
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	地拖
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	地拖
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	地拖
	Taishan	地拖
	Kaiping (Chikan)	地拖
	Enping (Niujiang)	地拖
	Heshan (Yayao)	地拖
	Dongguan	地拖
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	地拖, 抹地布
	Qingyuan	地拖
	Fogang	地拖
	Yingde (Hanguang)	地拖
	Yangshan	地拖
	Lianshan (Butian)	地拖
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	地拖
	Shaoguan	地拖
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	地拖
	Renhua	地拖
	Lechang	地拖
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	地拖
	Sihui	地拖
	Guangning	地拖
	Deqing	地拖
	Huaiji	地拖
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	地拖
	Yunfu	地拖
	Xinxing	地拖
	Luoding	地拖
	Yunan (Pingtai)	掃桿
	Yangjiang	地拖
	Xinyi	地拖
	Lianjiang	地拖, 拖把
	Nanning	拖把
	Wuzhou	地拖
	Yulin	拖把
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	拖把
Gan	Lichuan	拖把
Gan	Pingxiang	拖把
Hakka	Meixian	拖地把, 拖地布, 地拖
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	地拖
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	地拖
	Boluo (Bendihua)	地拖
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	地拖
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	地拖
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	地拖
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	地拖
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	地拖
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	地拖
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	洗地掃
	Yudu	拖把
Jin	Taiyuan	拖布, 墩布
	Xinzhou	墩布
	Zhangjiakou	墩布
	Handan	墩布
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拖把
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗跤布, 拖布
	Quanzhou	塗跤巾
	Jinjiang	塗跤巾, 塗跤攄
	Zhangzhou	塗跤布
	Taipei	布拖仔 GT
	Tainan	布攄仔, 拖布
	Chaozhou	地拖
	Shantou	拖把
	Jieyang	地拖
	Puning	地拖
	Haikou	拖把
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	地拖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拖把
Wu	Shanghai	拖糞, 拖蓬, 拖糞柄
	Suzhou	拖糞
	Danyang	拖布, 拖把
	Hangzhou	拖帚
	Ningbo	拖畚
	Wenzhou	地拖
	Jinhua	拖帚
Xiang	Changsha	洗把
Xiang	Loudi	拖把
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)