Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.pull; drag; draw; tug
孩子拉着母亲的袖子。
The child pulled on his mother's sleeve.
把绳子再拉紧点儿！
Tighten the rope a bit more, please!
把椅子拉过来，我们聊聊。
Draw up your chair and let's have a chat.
拉车
draw a cart
- 2
v.drag out; space out; spin out; extent
拉开距离
fall behind
拉长脸
pull a long face
说话拖腔拉调
drawl one's words
拉下脸
pull a long face
- 3
v.infmlempty the bowels; defecate
拉粑粑
shit
- 4
v.haul; transport; carry; transport by vehicle
套车去拉肥料
get a cart ready for the manure
平板车也能拉人。
A flatbed tricycle can be used to carry people.
拉货
haul goods
把东西拉到车站去
take the stuff to the station
- 5
v.give (or lend) a helping hand; assist; help (out)
人家有困难，咱们应该拉他一把。
We should help him when he is in trouble.
- 6
v.drag in; implicate; involve (in)
自己做的事，不要拉上别人。
It was all your own doing, so don't drag in others.
- 7
v.play (certain musical instruments)
拉胡琴
play the huqin
拉小提琴
play the violin
synonym
- 8
v.dialchat
拉话
strike up a conversation
- 9
v.canvass; solicit; win over; draw in
拉生意
bring in business
拉选票
canvass votes
拉关系
try to gain clout with somebody with influence
拉交情
cotton up to somebody
- 10
v.(often troops/a team) move; lead; organize
拉起一支队伍
raise a contingent of force
拉帮结伙
bang together
- 11
v.dialbring somebody up; raise
拉大了四个孩子
brought up four children
我是由外婆拉大的。
I was brought up by my grandma.
Words and phrases with 拉
- 拉钩[word]hook up the little fingers of each other's right hands and give them a pull in token of good faith
- 拉夫[word]press-gang
- 拉皮[word]lift; sheet jelly
- 拉杆[word]bar; telescopic pole that can be compressed or extended to adjust its length
- 拉客[word]tout for business; take on passengers
- 拉丁语[word]Latin
- 拉紧[word]cocking
- 拉拢[word]draw somebody over to one's side
- 拉脱维亚[word]Latvia
- 拉家带口[idiom]be saddled/burdened/encumbered with a family
- 拉帮结伙[idiom]band together
- 拉拉杂杂[idiom]not well organized and without a central theme
- 拉拉扯扯[idiom]pull or drag somebody about; be hand in hand
- 拉不下脸[idiom]can’t do something for fear of hurting another person's feelings
- 拉帮结派[idiom]same as 拉帮结伙
- 拉三扯四[idiom]ramble