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拉
Trad. 拉
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(Bushou)		 手
Strokes 4
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Strokes 8
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Decomp. 扌立
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Mandarin lā
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拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
Results beginning with 拉
拉K lā K (slang) to take ketamine
拉开 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase
拉动 lā dòng to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth)
拉萨 Lā sà Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
拉登 Lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
拉链 lā liàn zipper
拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service
拉长 lā cháng to lengthen / to pull sth out longer
拉扯 lā che to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat
拉拢 lā lǒng to rope in / fig. to involve sb / to entice
拉力 lā lì pulling force / (fig.) allure / (materials testing) tensile strength / (loanword) rally
拉伸 lā shēn to draw / to stretch
拉美 Lā Měi Latin America / abbr. for 拉丁美洲
拉面 lā miàn pulled noodles / ramen
拉里 lā lǐ lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
拉手 lā shou a handle / to pull on a handle
拉手 lā shǒu to hold hands / to shake hands
拉风 lā fēng trendy / eye-catching / flashy
拉高 lā gāo to pull up
拉票 lā piào to campaign for votes / to ask voters for support
拉倒 lā dǎo to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it
拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune
拉紧 lā jǐn to pull tight / tensioning
拉练 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas
拉夫 lā fū to force into service / press-gang
拉德 lā dé rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
拉杆 lā gān tension bar
拉屎 lā shǐ to defecate / to shit / to crap
拉伤 lā shāng to pull / to injure by straining
拉比 lā bǐ rabbi (loanword)
拉入 lā rù to pull into / to draw in
拉锯 lā jù a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides
拉索 lā suǒ alachlor / metachlor
拉稀 lā xī (coll.) to have diarrhea / to shrink back / to cower
拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out
拉杂 lā zá disorganized / rambling / incoherent
拉锁 lā suǒ zipper
拉管 lā guǎn trombone
拉贝 lā bèi (John) Rabe (German eyewitness to Nanjing massacre)
拉布 lā bù (Hong Kong) to filibuster
拉茶 lā chá teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk
拉碴 lā chā (of beard etc) stubbly / scraggly / unkempt
拉顿 Lā dùn Rodan (Japanese ラドン / Radon), Japanese movie monster
拉冈 Lā gāng Lacan (psychoanalyst)
拉钩 lā gōu pinky swear
拉呱 lā gua (dialect) to chat / to gossip
拉黑 lā hēi to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc) / abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
拉话 lā huà (dialect) to chat
拉环 lā huán ring pull (can) / strap handle (on bus or train) / circular door handle
拉活 lā huó (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver) / to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)
拉圾 lā jī variant of 垃圾 / trash / refuse / garbage / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
拉架 lā jià to try to stop a fight / to intervene in a fight
拉结 lā jié Rachel
拉筋 lā jīn stretching (exercise)
拉近 lā jìn to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[ju4 li2]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
拉拉 lā lā lesbian (Internet slang) / Labrador retriever
拉鲁 Lā lǔ Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name / Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician / Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
拉皮 lā pí to have a facelift / facelift
拉坯 lā pī to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel)
拉取 lā qǔ client pull (computing)
拉森 Lā sēn (name) Larson, Larsen, Larsson or Lassen etc
拉抬 lā tái (Tw) to pull sth up / (fig.) to give a boost to / to support
拉辛 Lā xīn Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
拉制 lā zhì drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched)
拉孜 Lā zī Lhazê / county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
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拉齐奥 Lā qí ào Lazio (region in Italy)
拉力赛 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword)
拉肚子 lā dù zi (coll.) to have diarrhea
拉丁舞 Lā dīng wǔ Latin dance
拉拉队 lā lā duì cheerleading squad / also written 啦啦隊|啦啦队
拉尔夫 Lā ěr fū Ralph (name)
拉丁文 Lā dīng wén Latin (language)
拉斐尔 Lā fěi ěr Raphael
拉莫斯 Lā mò sī (Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
拉丁语 Lā dīng yǔ Latin (language)
拉关系 lā guān xì to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
拉家常 lā jiā cháng to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
拉皮条 lā pí tiáo to procure / to act as pimp
拉祜族 Lā hù zú Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan
拉各斯 Lā gè sī Lagos (Nigerian city)
拉力器 lā lì qì chest expander (exercise equipment)
拉生意 lā shēng yì to tout / to solicit customers
拉瓦尔 Lā wǎ ěr Laval (name)
拉巴特 Lā bā tè Rabat, capital of Morocco
拉巴斯 Lā bā sī La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
拉马丹 Lā mǎ dān Ramadan (loanword)
拉丝模 lā sī mó die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
拉技术  pull technology / pull model
拉敏木  ramin
拉㞎㞎 lā bǎ ba to poo-poo (kiddie talk)
拉包尔 Lā bāo ěr Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
拉长脸 lā cháng liǎn to pull a long face / to scowl
拉场子 lā chǎng zi (of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc) / (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation / to make a name for oneself
拉扯大 lā che dà (coll.) to bring up / to rear / to raise
拉大便 là dà biàn to poop / to defecate
拉大便 lā dà biàn to poop / to defecate
拉达克 Lā dá kè Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"
拉大条 lā dà tiáo to defecate (slang)
拉狄克 Lā dí kè Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, died in prison during Stalin's purges
拉丁化 Lā dīng huà romanization
拉法格 Lā fǎ gé Lafargue (name) / Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
拉法赫 Lā fǎ hè Rafah, city in Palestine
拉法兰 Lā fǎ lán Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
拉菲草 lā fēi cǎo raffia (loanword)
拉斐特 Lā fěi tè Lafayette
拉夫堡 Lā fū bǎo Loughborough, English city
拉盖尔 Lā gài ěr Laguerre (name) / Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
拉格比 Lā gé bǐ Rugby (game) / Rugby school in England
拉个手 lā ge shǒu to hold hands
拉勾儿 lā gòu r to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
拉合尔 Lā hé ěr Lahore (city in Pakistan)
拉交情 lā jiāo qing to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
拉锯战 lā jù zhàn to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest
拉奎拉 Lā kuí lā L'Aquila, Italy
拉雷索 lā léi suǒ pulling rope / pulling cable
拉雷组 lā léi zǔ pulling party
拉铆枪 lā mǎo qiāng see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mao3 ding1 qiang1]
拉纳卡 Lā nà kǎ Larnaca (city in Cyprus) / Larnaka
拉那烈 Lā nà liè Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia
拉尼娜 Lā Ní nà La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾|厄尔尼诺
拉尼娅 lā ní yà Rania (name)
拉帕斯 Lā pà sī La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯
拉普兰 Lā pǔ lán Lapland (northern Europe)
拉青格 Lā qīng gé Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
拉撒路 Lā sǎ lù Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)
拉撒路 Lā sā lù Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)
拉萨市 Lā sà Shì Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
拉山头 lā shān tóu to start a clique / to form a faction
拉沙热 lā shā rè Lassa fever
拉瓦锡 Lā wǎ xī Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
拉文纳 Lā wén nà Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
拉下脸 lā xià liǎn to look displeased / to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings / to put aside one's pride
拉匝禄 Lā zā lù Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)
拉孜县 Lā zī xiàn Lhazê / county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
拉丁美洲 Lā dīng Měi zhōu Latin America
拉脱维亚 Lā tuō wéi yà Latvia
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
拉丁字母 Lā dīng zì mǔ Latin alphabet
拉家带口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
拉发引信  pull-action fuse / pull fuse / pull igniter
拉森效应  incestuous amplification
拉曼散射  Raman effect
拉白布条 lā bái bù tiáo to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
拉帮挤对 lā bāng jǐ duì mobbing
拉宾广场 lā bīn guǎng chǎng Rabin
拉伯克县 lā bó kè xiàn Lubbock
拉布拉多 Lā bù lā duō Labrador, Canada / Labrador (a breed of dog)
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
拉卜楞寺 Lā bǔ léng 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
拉德罗斯 lā dé luó sī Ladros
Approximate Results for 拉
卡拉 kǎ lā karaoke
克拉 kè lā carat (mass) (loanword)
阿拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) my / our / I / we / me / us
罗拉 luó lā roller (loanword)
沙拉 shā lā salad (loanword)
格拉 Gé lā Gera (city in Germany)
米拉 Mǐ lā Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)
莎拉 Shā lā Sara or Sarah (name)
哈拉 hā lā to chat idly (Tw)
马拉 Mǎ lā Marat (name) / Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician
贝拉 Bèi lā Beira, Mozambique
拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
里拉 lǐ lā lira (monetary unit) (loanword)
普拉 Pǔ lā Pula (city in Croatia)
耷拉 dā la to droop / to dangle
安拉 An1 lā Allah (Arabic name of God)
考拉 kǎo lā koala (loanword)
法拉 fǎ lā farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
色拉 sè lā salad (loanword)
撒拉 Sā lā Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
西拉 Xī lā Syrah (grape type)
半拉 bàn lǎ (coll.) half
欧拉 Oū lā Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician
扒拉 bā lā to push lightly / to flick to one side / to get rid of
左拉 Zuǒ lā Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist
搭拉 dā la variant of 耷拉[da1 la5]
划拉 huá la to sweep / to brush away
趿拉 tā la to wear (one's shoes) like babouche slippers / (onom.) shuffling sound
毛拉 máo lā Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
芭拉 bā lā guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
扒拉 bā la (coll.) to push lightly / to flick to one side / to get rid of
费拉 fèi lā fellah (loanword)
噶拉 gá lā (onom.) / same as 噶喇[ga2 la3]
赫拉 Hè lā Hera (wife of Zeus)
虎拉 hǔ lā açacu
杰拉 Jié lā Gela (city in Sicily)
密拉 mì lā Mylar
扒拉 pá la (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
强拉 qiǎng lā to drag (sb) along (to a place) / to yank
维拉 Wéi lā Vala (Middle-earth)
谢拉 Xiè lā Zerah (son of Judah)
新拉 Xīn Lā New Latin
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卡拉OK kǎ lā O K karaoke (loanword)
伊拉克 Yī lā kè Iraq
阿拉伯 A1 lā bó Arabian / Arabic / Arab
法拉利 Fǎ lā lì Ferrari
手拉手 shǒu lā shǒu to join hands / hand in hand
拖拉机 tuō lā jī tractor / CL:臺|台[tai2]
柏拉图 Bó lā tú Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
马拉松 mǎ lā sōng marathon (loanword)
布拉格 Bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic
乌拉圭 Wū lā guī Uruguay
撒哈拉 Sā hā lā Sahara
潘多拉 Pān duō lā Pandora
马尼拉 Mǎ ní lā Manila, capital of Philippines
达拉斯 Dá lā sī Dallas
希拉里 Xī lā lǐ Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
阿拉丁 A1 lā dīng Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
孟加拉 Mèng jiā lā Bengal / Bangladesh
巴拉圭 Bā lā guī Paraguay
易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull)
色拉油 sè lā yóu salad oil
安哥拉 An1 gē lā Angola
马拉加 Mǎ lā jiā Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
本拉登 Běn Lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
斯拉夫 Sī lā fū Slavic
卡拉奇 Kǎ lā qí Karachi (Pakistan)
巴士拉 Bā shì lā Basra (city in Iraq)
推拉门 tuī lā mén sliding door
桑德拉 Sāng dé lā Sandra (name)
曼德拉 Màn dé lā Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999
香巴拉 xiāng bā lā Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
堪培拉 Kān péi lā Canberra, capital of Australia
阿拉善 A1 lā shàn Alxa league, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
哥斯拉 Gē sī lā Godzilla
易拉宝 yì lā bǎo roll-up banner stand
巴巴拉 Bā bā lā Barbara (name)
乌拉尔 Wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
安卡拉 An1 kǎ lā Ankara, capital of Turkey
呼拉圈 hū lā quān hula hoop (loanword)
普拉提 Pǔ lā tí Pilates (physical fitness system)
法拉第 Fǎ lā dì Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
托拉斯 tuō lā sī trust (commerce) (loanword)
阿拉尔 A1 lā ěr Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
特拉华 Tè lā huá Delaware, US state
马拉维 Mǎ lā wéi Malawi
吉拉德 Jí lā dé Gillard (name)
伊莫拉 yī mò lā Imola
阿亚拉 ā yà lā Ayala
撒拉族 Sā lā zú Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
阿克拉 A1 kè lā Accra, capital of Ghana
色拉寺 Sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet
法拉盛 Fǎ lā shèng Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
库拉索 kù lā suǒ Curaçao
普拉达 Pǔ lā dá Prada (brand)
坎德拉 kǎn dé lā candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle
卡拉胶 kǎ lā jiāo carageenan (chemistry)
波拉特  Borat
卡拉柴  Karachai
塔拉克  talaq
穆拉林  Murahaleen
阿得拉 A1 dé lā Adderall (stimulant drug)
埃博拉 Aī bó lā Ebola (virus)
埃拉特 Aī lā tè Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea
阿拉摩 A1 lā mó Alamo, city in United States
阿拉斯 A1 lā sī Arras, town in northern France
阿拉瓦 A1 lā wǎ Araba or Álava
安圭拉 An1 guī lā Anguilla
阿提拉 A1 tí lā Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
阿维拉 A1 wéi lā Avila, Spain
芭芭拉 Bā bā lā Barbara or Barbra (name)
巴拉迪 Bā lā dí Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
巴拉多 bā lā duō Barad-dûr
峇拉煎 bā lā jiān (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
巴拉克 Bā lā kè Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)
巴拉那 bā lā nà Paraná,
贝拉米 Bèi lā mǐ Bellamy
彼拉多 Bǐ lā duō Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
布哈拉 Bù hā lā Bokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan
不拉几 bù lā jī (dialect) extremely
不拉叽 bù lā jī (nasty, stupid etc) as can be
布拉吉 bù lā jí woman's dress (loanword from Russian) / gown
布拉加 bù lā jiā Braga
查克拉 Chá kè lā chakra (loanword)
厨拉炉 chú lā lú chula / chula stove
达拉特 Dá lā tè Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
大利拉 Dà lì lā Delilah (person name)
德古拉 Dé gǔ lā Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker / Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
德拉门 Dé lā mén Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)
狄拉克 Dí lā kè P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
地拉那 Dì lā nà Tirana, capital of Albania
冬不拉 dōng bù lā Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute
都拉斯 Dōu lā sī Durrës (city in Albania)
蛾摩拉 E2 mó lā Gomorrah
法拉斯 fǎ lā sī Falas
弗拉芒 Fú lā máng Flemish, inhabitant of Flanders (Belgium)
嘎拉哈 gā lā hà (Manchu loanword) knucklebones / see 羊拐[yang2 guai3]
刚朵拉 gāng duǒ lā see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gong4 duo1 la1]
哥吉拉 Gē jí lā Godzilla (Tw)
格拉茨 Gé lā cí Graz (city in Austria)
戈拉人 gē lā rén Goranci
贡都拉 gòng dōu lā see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gong4 duo1 la1]
贡多拉 gòng duō lā gondola (Venetian boat) (loanword)
古拉格 gǔ lā gé gulag (loanword)
海拉尔 Hǎi lā ěr Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
哈拉雷 Hā lā léi Harare, capital of Zimbabwe
哈拉子 hā lā zi (dialect) saliva / also written 哈喇子[ha1 la2 zi5]
贺拉斯 hè lā sī Horace, full Latin name Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC), Roman poet
赫拉特 Hè lā tè Herat (city in Afghanistan)
虎不拉 hù bu lǎ (dialect) shrike / Taiwan pr. [hu3 bu5 la1]
Chinese Tones