拉

lā

HSK 23 readings

“To pull” in Chinese is 拉 (lā).

Other characters with the syllable la: see all 6 →

Meaning

to pull
to play (a bowed instrument)
to drag

Show 6 more meanings

to draw
to chat
(coll.) to empty one's bowels
to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
variant of 落[la4]

Example

他拉开了包的拉链。

He zipped open his bag.

From 拉开 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

lāto pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
láto make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 拉

拉开lākāito pull openHSK 4 拉动lādòngto pullHSK 7-9 拉拢lālǒngto rope inHSK 7-9 拉锁lāsuǒzipperHSK 7-9 易拉罐yìlāguànpull-top canHSK 7-9 阿拉伯语ĀlābóyǔArabic (language)HSK 7-9

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