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拉
lā
1.
to pull
2.
to play (a bowed instrument)
3.
to drag
4.
to draw
5.
to chat
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
杰拉
Jiélā
Gela (city in Sicily)
克拉
kèlā
carat (mass) (loanword)
划拉
huála
to sweep
半拉
bànlǎ
half
卡拉
Kǎlā
Kara, city in northern Togo [[多哥<Duōgē>]]
卡拉
kǎlā
karaoke
哈拉
hālā
to chat idly (Tw)
噶拉
gálā
(onom.)
安拉
Ānlā
Allah (Arabic name of God)
左拉
Zuǒlā
Zola (name)
强拉
qiǎnglā
to drag (sb) along (to a place)
扒拉
bālā
to push lightly
拉K
lāK
(slang) to take ketamine
拉丁
lādīng
Latin
拉伸
lāshēn
to draw
拉倒
lādǎo
(coll.) the deal is off
拉伤
lāshāng
to pull
拉入
lārù
to pull into
拉制
lāzhì
manufacture
拉力
lālì
tension
Example Sentences (1)
我女儿确实不错，记得她刚拿到第一个月工资时，就兴奋地拉着我和她爸俩去商场，给我们买礼物，那时我和她爸心里别提多美了！
Wǒ nǚ'ér quèshí bùcuò, jìde tā gāng nádào dì yī gè yuè gōngzī shí, jiù xīngfèn de lāzhe wǒ hé tā bà liǎ qù shāngchǎng, gěi wǒmen mǎi lǐwù, nà shí wǒ hé tā bà xīnlǐ bié tí duō měi le!
My daughter is indeed very good. I remember when she had just received her first month's salary, she excitedly pulled the two of us (me and her dad) to the mall to buy us gifts, and at that time we couldn't have been happier!
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 323
- Word Frequency Rank
- 160 of 84,292