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  • 1

    v.pull; drag; draw; tug

    • hái zi lā zhe mǔ qīn de xiù zi

      孩子母亲袖子

      The child pulled on his mother's sleeve.

    • bǎ shéng zi zài lā jǐn diǎn r

      绳子点儿

      Tighten the rope a bit more, please!

    • bǎ yǐ zi lā guò lai wǒ men liáo liáo

      椅子过来我们

      Draw up your chair and let's have a chat.

    • lā chē

      draw a cart

  • 2

    v.drag out; space out; spin out; extent

    • lā kāi jù lí

      距离

      fall behind

    • lā cháng liǎn

      pull a long face

    • shuō huà tuō qiāng lā diào

      说话拖腔

      drawl one's words

    • lā xià liǎn

      pull a long face

  • 3

    v.infmlempty the bowels; defecate

    • lā bā bā

      粑粑

      shit

  • 4

    v.haul; transport; carry; transport by vehicle

    • tào chē qù lā féi liào

      肥料

      get a cart ready for the manure

    • píng bǎn chē yě néng lā rén

      平板车

      A flatbed tricycle can be used to carry people.

    • lā huò

      haul goods

    • bǎ dōng xi lā dào chē zhàn qù

      东西车站

      take the stuff to the station

  • 5

    v.give (or lend) a helping hand; assist; help (out)

    • rén jia yǒu kùn nan zán men yīng gāi lā tā yī bǎ

      人家困难咱们应该

      We should help him when he is in trouble.

  • 6

    v.drag in; implicate; involve (in)

    • zì jǐ zuò de shì bù yào lā shang bié rén

      自己别人

      It was all your own doing, so don't drag in others.

  • 7

    v.play (certain musical instruments)

    • lā hú qín

      胡琴

      play the huqin

    • lā xiǎo tí qín

      小提琴

      play the violin

    synonym
  • 8

    v.dialchat

    • lā huà

      strike up a conversation

  • 9

    v.canvass; solicit; win over; draw in

    • lā shēng yi

      生意

      bring in business

    • lā xuǎn piào

      选票

      canvass votes

    • lā guān xi

      关系

      try to gain clout with somebody with influence

    • lā jiāo qing

      交情

      cotton up to somebody

  • 10

    v.(often troops/a team) move; lead; organize

    • lā qǐ yī zhī duì wu

      队伍

      raise a contingent of force

    • lā bāng jié huǒ

      bang together

  • 11

    v.dialbring somebody up; raise

    • lā dà le sì gè hái zi

      孩子

      brought up four children

    • wǒ shì yóu wài pó lā dà de

      外婆

      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

Similar-form characters to 拉

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • used as a component of 呼啦啦; used as a component of 哗啦啦
  • used as a component of 垃圾
  • used as a component of 邋遢
  • used as a component of 呼喇; now written as 啦