Hanzi

拉

to pull/to play (a bowed instrument)/to drag/to draw/to chat/(coll.) to empty one's bowels

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

lā, lá, lǎ, là, la

Bopomofo

ㄌㄚ, ㄌㄚˊ, ㄌㄚˇ, ㄌㄚˋ, ㄌㄚ˙

Jyutping

laai1

Example sentences

拉 lā
她用力拉門，門才打開。
她用力拉门，门才打开。

She pulled the door hard, and only then did it open.

影 yǐng
他在月光下的影子拉得很長。
他在月光下的影子拉得很长。

His shadow was stretched long under the moonlight.

Example Vocabulary

拉

la1

to pull; to drag; to play a bowed string instrument

拉手

la1'shou3

拉肚子

la1'du4'zi

伊拉克

傑拉德

克拉

ke4'la1

克拉克

克拉瑪依

亞伯拉罕

俄克拉何馬州

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