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

手 lā shǒu to hold hands; to shake hands
手 lā shou a handle; to pull on a handle
斯 lā pǔ lā sī Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician
fèi lā fellah (loanword)
姆斯 bó lā mǔ sī Brahms (name); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer
危地马人 wēi dì mǎ lā rén Guatemalan (person)
孟加国 mèng jiā lā guó Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
迪斯发 bù lā dí sī lā fā Bratislava
幼发底河 yòu fā lā dǐ hé Euphrates River
姆斯菲尔德 lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense
脱维亚 lā tuō wéi yà Latvia
米苏 tí lā mǐ sū tiramisu (loanword)
摩托罗 mó tuō luó lā Motorola
gé lā Gera (city in Germany)
第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
圭 wū lā guī Uruguay
曼卡 sà lā màn kǎ Salamanca, Spain
阿提 ā tí lā Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
阿特斯 ā tè lā sī Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology); Atlas mountains of north Africa
维 mǎ lā wéi Malawi
俄克何马州 é kè lā hé mǎ zhōu Oklahoma, US state
喜马雅山脉 xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān mài Himalayas
坎帕 kǎn pà lā Kampala, capital of Uganda
孟加湾 mèng jiā lā wān Bay of Bengal
希波克底 xī bō kè lā dǐ Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine