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拉
lā
1. to pull
2. to play (a bowed instrument)
3. to drag
4. to draw
5. to chat
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

拉
lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
HSK 4 8 丶

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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
323
Word Frequency Rank
160 of 84,292