Course Flashcards Sentences Texts Games
Tools
Hanzi
Characters & strokes
Dictionary
Search everything
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Course Flashcards Sentences Texts Games
Hanzi
Characters & strokes
Dictionary
Search everything
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
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)

拉架
lājià
to try to stop a fight
拉开
lākāi
to pull open
拉圾
lājī
variant of [[垃圾]]
拉杆
lāgān
tension bar
拉管
lāguǎn
trombone
拉长
lācháng
to lengthen
拉倒
lādǎo
(coll.) the deal is off
拉呱
lāgua
(dialect) to chat
拉德
lādé
rad (unit of radiation)
拉拢
lālǒng
to rope in
拉皮
lāpí
to have a facelift
拉筋
lājīn
stretching (exercise)
拉里
lālǐ
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
拉链
lāliàn
zipper
拉K
lāK
(slang) to take ketamine
拉伸
lāshēn
to draw
拉入
lārù
to pull into
拉力
lālì
tension
拉客
lākè
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc)
拉平
lāpíng
to bring to the same level

Metadata

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

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Blog Accounts & Social Contact HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Support

❤️ Donate

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.