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Meaning of 拉

Pinyin lā、 là、 lǎ、 lá

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

to pull / to play (string instruments) / to drag / to draw

Usage

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拉 [lā] 1. Pull; drag; tug. 2. Transport using a vehicle. 3. Extend; lengthen. 4. Evacuate waste. 5. Associate; connect. 6. Break; snap. 7. Lead and transfer. 8. Pull a part of a musical instrument to produce sound. 9. Raise children. 10. Help. Examples: 1. Pull a cart. Pull a net. Pull someone down from a position (metaphorically force someone to step down). 2. Transport goods. 3. Extend; stretch. 4. Defecate. 5. Connect; gather a group. 6. Break; collapse (as in "to break dried branches"). 7. Lead troops out. 8. Play the violin. 9. Raise children. 10. If he has difficulties, lend him a hand. 拉 [lā] (动) 1. Break (same meaning). 2. Pull; drag; tug. 3. Strike. 4. Draw in; make connections. 5. Bring up; help. 6. Chat. 7. Stretch or extend. 8. Play a stringed musical instrument. 9. Empty the bowels. 10. Implicate. 11. Owe. Examples: 1. To break something. 2. Pulling hands together as a greeting. 3. Strike someone. 4. Pulling together for illicit purposes. 5. Cares for others; helps. 6. Casual chats about nothing serious. 7. Stretch body parts. 8. Play the cello. 9. To defecate. 10. Involvement in a situation. 11. Owing debts. 拉 [lā] 1. Cut; to make a slit or cut something. 2. Chat casually. Examples: 1. Cut with a knife, leaving a wound on the hand. 2. Chat about daily life. 拉 [lǎ] 1. Refers to parts of items or areas that are divided or separated, commonly used with "half," equivalent to "chunk" or "side." 2. (See also lā; lá) Examples: 1. That section is the steel plant, and this half is the iron plant.

拉呱 lā gua

(dialect) to chat / to gossip

撒哈拉 Sā hā lā

Sahara

撒哈拉沙漠 Sǎ hā lā Shā mò

Sahara Desert

唐古拉山 Táng gǔ lā shān

Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau

喀拉 kā lā

Kara

巴颜喀拉山 bā yán kā lā shān

Bayan Har Mountains

喜马拉雅山 Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān

Himalayas

喜马拉雅 Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ

the Himalayas

巴拉圭 Bā lā guī

Paraguay

坎帕拉 Kǎn pà lā

Kampala, capital of Uganda

坎德拉 kǎn dé lā

candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle

堪培拉 Kān péi lā

Canberra, capital of Australia

斯特拉斯堡 Sī tè lā sī bǎo

Strasbourg

塔克拉玛干沙漠 Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān Shā mò

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang

拉普拉塔 lā pǔ lā tǎ

La Plata

拉普拉塔河 lā pǔ lā tǎ hé

La plata

塔拉 tǎ lā

tala / TARA

南斯拉夫 Nán sī lā fū

Yugoslavia, 1943-1992

班达拉奈克 bān dá lā nài kè

Bandaranaike

阿巴拉契亚 Ā bā lā qì yà

Appalachian Mountains in North America

拉姆 lā mǔ

Lamb / rhm / Lahm

达累斯萨拉姆 Dá lèi sī Sà lā mǔ

Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)

委内瑞拉 Wěi nèi ruì lā

Venezuela

拉屎 lā shǐ

to defecate / to shit / to crap

娜拉 nà lā

Nora

阿卜杜拉 Ā bǔ dù lā

Abdullah (name)

拉卜楞寺 Lā bǔ lèng sì

Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 xian4], Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

卡拉 kǎ lā

karaoke

卡米拉 kǎ mǐ lā

camilla

危地马拉 Wēi dì mǎ lā

Guatemala / see also 瓜地馬拉|瓜地马拉[Gua1 di4 ma3 la1]

勃拉姆斯 Bó lā mǔ sī

Brahms (name) / Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer

琅勃拉邦 láng bó lā bāng

town of luang prabang

拉孜 Lā zī

Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

孟加拉国 Mèng jiā lā guó

Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

孟加拉湾 Mèng jiā lā wān

Bay of Bengal

布拉格 Bù lā gé

Prague, capital of Czech Republic

希拉克 Xī lā kè

Jacques René Chirac (1932-), president of France 1995-2007

奥帕特拉 ào pà tè lā

Opatra

哈拉帕 hā lā pà

Harapa

加拉帕戈斯 jiā lā pà gē sī

Galapagos

幼发拉底河 Yòu fā lā dǐ Hé

Euphrates River

苏格拉底 Sū gé lā dǐ

Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)

拉开 lā kāi

to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase

弗拉 fú lā

Fra / Frat / Flad

弗拉基米尔 Fú lā jī mǐ ěr

Vladimir

努沙登加拉 nǔ shā dēng jiā lā

Nusa Tenggara

努斯拉特 nǔ sī lā tè

Nusrat / Nosrat

拉拢 lā lǒng

to rope in / fig. to involve sb / to entice

扒拉 bā lā

to push lightly / to flick to one side / to get rid of

摩托罗拉 Mó tuō luó lā

Motorola

拉扯 lā che

to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat

东拉西扯 dōng lā xī chě

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě

to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort

手扶拖拉机 shǒu fú tuō lā jī

walking tractor / hand tractor

拖拉机 tuō lā jī

tractor / CL:臺|台[tai2]

拉萨 Lā sà

Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区

欧拉 Ōu lā

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician

拉古 lā gǔ

Raghu / Lacourt

拉动 lā dòng

pull / heave

阿拉 ā lā

(dialect) my / our / I / we / me / us

拖拖拉拉 tuō tuō lā lā

to procrastinate

拨拉 bō lā

move / stir

拉普捷夫 lā pǔ jié fū

Laptev

拉雪兹神父公墓 lā xuě zī shén fù gōng mù

Father Lachaise Cemetery

拉彼鲁兹 lā bǐ lǔ zī

La Perouse

摧枯拉朽 cuī kū lā xiǔ

as easy as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood

西撒哈拉 Xī Sā hā lā

Western Sahara

斜拉桥 xié lā qiáo

cable-stayed bridge

塞拉利昂 Sài lā lì áng

Sierra Leone

拉普拉斯 Lā pǔ lā sī

Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician

拉曼 lā màn

raman

拉杆 lā gān

tension bar

杰拉德 Jié lā dé

Gerrard (name)

杰拉 Jié lā

Gela (city in Sicily)

克拉 kè lā

carat (mass) (loanword)

俄克拉何马 É kè lā hé mǎ

Oklahoma, US state

毕达哥拉斯 Bì dá gē lā sī

Pythagoras

符拉迪沃斯托克 Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè

Vladivostok (Russian port city) / Chinese name 海參崴|海参崴

澜沧拉祜族自治县 Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn

Lancang Lahuzu Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan

洪都拉斯 Hóng dū lā sī

Honduras

拉西浦 lā xī pǔ

Lassipu

拉维涅 lā wéi niè

Lavigne

沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó

Saudi Arabia

阿拉伯半岛 Ā lā bó Bàn dǎo

Arabian Peninsula

阿拉伯海 Ā lā bó Hǎi

Arabian Sea

拉伸 lā shēn

to draw / to stretch

佩特拉 pèi tè lā

petra

佩雷拉 pèi léi lā

Perrella / Pereira / Perera / Perella

伊拉克 Yī lā kè

Iraq

麦克拉伦 mài kè lā lún

Maclaren

塔克拉玛干 tǎ kè lā mǎ gàn

Takla Makan Desert

克拉玛依市 Kè lā mǎ yī shì

Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang

喜玛拉雅 xǐ mǎ lā yǎ

Himalayas

克拉珀 kè lā pò

Clapper

尼加拉瓜 Ní jiā lā guā

Nicaragua

胡子拉碴 hú zǐ lā chā

wear a stubble of untrimmed beard / with a bristly unshaven chin

福拉多 fú lā duō

Forado

卡拉什尼科夫 Kǎ lā shí ní kē fū

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

穆巴拉克 Mù bā lā kè

Hosni Mubarak (1928-), former Egyptian President and military commander

穆沙拉夫 Mù shā lā fū

Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008