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拉 lā

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拉 lā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lā | la1
English translation
to pull
to play (a bowed instrument)
to drag
to draw
to chat
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

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About 拉 lā

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HSK level

4

Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

拉 lā

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of 拉 lā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌立

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

立 Lì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 立 Lì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 拉 lā

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她 tā 叹 tàn 了 le 口 kǒu 气 qì , 站 zhàn 了 le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ 地 de 拉 lā 好 hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,摸 mō 平头 píng tóu 发 fā .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

这 zhè 位 wèi 身体 shēntǐ 高大 gāo dà 、胡须 húxū 拉 lā 碴 chá 的 de 人 rén 耸了耸肩.

The big beared man shrugged.

他 tā 用拉坯轮机 lún jī 把 bǎ 一 yī 团 tuán 粘土加工 jiāgōng 成 Chéng 了 le 一只碗 wǎn .

He throws a bowl from a ball of clay.

她 tā 脑袋 nǎodài 耷拉 dā la 着 zhāo ,疼 téng 得 dé 直 Zhí 不起腰 yāo .

Her back was bent with pain and her head was low.

他们 tā men 手 shǒu 拉 lā 着手 zhuóshǒu ,默默 mòmò 地 de 坐 Zuò 了 le 三十秒.

Hand in hand they sat in silence for thirty seconds.

Words with 拉 lā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拉 lā to pull拉 lā
伊拉克 Yī lā kè Iraq伊拉克 Yī lā kè
拉开 lā kāi to pull open拉開
卡拉 Kǎ lā Cara, Karla etc (name)卡拉 Kǎ lā
莎拉 Shā lā Sara or Sarah (name)莎拉 Shā lā
沙拉 shā lā salad (loanword)沙拉 shā lā
拉斯维加斯 Lā sī Wéi jiā sī Las Vegas, Nevada拉斯維加斯
拉拉 Lā lā Labrador retriever拉拉 Lā lā
阿拉伯 Ā lā bó Arabian阿拉伯 Ā lā bó
法拉利 Fǎ lā lì Ferrari法拉利 Fǎ lā lì
拉丁 lā dīng Latin拉丁 lā dīng
阿拉 Ā lā our阿拉 Ā lā
拉手 lā shǒu to hold hands拉手 lā shǒu
拉萨 Lā sà Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区 Xī zàng Zì zhì qū 拉薩
拉链 lā liàn zipper拉鏈
委内瑞拉 Wěi nèi ruì lā Venezuela委內瑞拉
克拉 kè lā carat (mass) (loanword)克拉 kè lā
摩托罗拉 Mó tuō luó lā Motorola摩托羅拉
马拉松 mǎ lā sōng marathon (loanword)馬拉松
拖拉机 tuō lā jī tractor拖拉機
达拉斯 Dá lā sī Dallas達拉斯
布拉格 Bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic布拉格 Bù lā gé
克拉克 Kè lā kè Clark or Clarke (name)克拉克 Kè lā kè
阿拉斯加 Ā lā sī jiā Alaska, US state阿拉斯加 Ā lā sī jiā

拉 lā Decomposition & Compounds

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拉 lā Decomposition

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拉 lā Compounds

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  • 拉 lā
    • 啦 lā , 菈, 鞡 la
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