Chinese symbol for “towing”

拖带

tuō dài

Traditional: 拖帶

traction; towing; pulling

The closest CC-CEDICT match for towing is 拖带 (tuō dài), defined as: traction; towing; pulling.

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Characters and stroke order

拖 tuō

to drag, to haul, to tow; to delay

radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

带 dài

belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear

radical 50 ⼱ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

帶 dài

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拖带.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
拖延	tuō yán	to delay; to put off
拖拉机 (拖拉機)	tuō lā jī	tractor; 台 (tái)
拖鞋	tuō xié	slippers; sandals
拖欠	tuō qiàn	in arrears; behind in payments
拖累	tuō lěi	to encumber; to be a burden on
拖车 (拖車)	tuō chē	to tow; towed vehicle
带来 (帶來)	dài lái	to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
一带 (一帶)	yī dài	region; area

See also: Japanese symbol for “towing”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.