pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen

HSK 4 #324

DEFINITIONS

拉 lā
  • to pull
  • to play (a bowed instrument)
  • to drag
  • to draw
  • to chat

STROKES

WORDS

尼 jí lā ní Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan People's Party politician, prime minister 2008-2012
利昂 sài lā lì áng Sierra Leone
多 bǐ lā duō Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
德 lā dé rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
华 tè lā huá Delaware, US state
毕达哥斯 bì dá gē lā sī Pythagoras
俄克何马 é kè lā hé mǎ Oklahoma, US state
德古 dé gǔ lā Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker; Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
力 lā lì pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally
莫斯 lā mò sī (Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
dā la to droop; to dangle
阿亚图 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
斯 ā lā sī Arras, town in northern France
斯加州 ā lā sī jiā zhōu Alaska, US state
登 lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
巴马 yà lā bā mǎ Alabama, US state
克 bā lā kè Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)
力赛 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword)
科鲁尼亚 lā kē lǔ ní yà La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
奥克荷马 ào kè lā hé mǎ Oklahoma, US state (Tw)
夫 lā fū to force into service; press-gang
客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc); to importune
稀 lā xī (coll.) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower
登 běn lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
沙特阿伯人 shā tè ā lā bó rén a Saudi; Saudi Arabian person