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拉(lā)
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Translation
  • (v.) pull, drag, tug
  • (v.) to transport by vehicle; to organize or move troops; to press-gang
  • (v.) to play (bowed string instrument); (table tennis) to lift
  • (v.) (can be metaphorical) to drag out, spin out; owe, be in arrears (with)
  • (v.) (dialect) to bring up; to help out; (spoken) to chitchat
  • (v.) to involve, drag in; to solicit, canvass; (spoken) empty the bowels
  • (v.) slit, make a cut, slash
  • (char.) used in 半拉
Simplified 拉
Traditional 拉
Strokes count 8
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Words with 拉 4

Same pronunciation 4

Similar pronunciation 23

Synonyms 42

Antonyms 1

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Examples of use 2

你(nǐ) 怎(zěn) 么(me) 拉(lā) 着(zhe) 一(yī) 个(ge) 这(zhè) 么(me) 大(dà) 的(de) 行(xíng) 李(lǐ) 箱(xiāng) ？(。)
Why are you pulling such a big suitcase?
赫(hè) 拉(lā) 克(kè) 利(lì) 特(tè) 把(bǎ) 自(zì) 我(wǒ) 比(bǐ) 喻(yù) 为(wèi) 一(yī) 条(tiáo) 河(hé) 。(.)
Heraclitus compared himself to a river.

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拉 in HSK 3.0 Level 4

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