拉
lā
to pull
to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
This character is used for its sound in loanwords, not for its component meanings.
请帮我把椅子拉过来。
qǐng bāng wǒ bǎ yǐ zi lā guò lái。
Please help me pull the chair over here.
他每天练习拉小提琴，已经拉得很好了。
tā měi tiān liàn xí lā xiǎo tí qín，yǐ jīng lā de hěn hǎo le。
He practices playing the violin every day and can already play it very well.
Words with 拉
孟加拉
mèng jiā lā
Bengal
克拉科夫
kè lā kē fū
Krakow
苏拉威西
sū lā wēi xī
Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)
拉斯维加斯
lā sī wéi jiā sī
Las Vegas, Nevada
拉丁
lā dīng
(in former times) to press-gang
法拉
fǎ lā
farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
堪培拉
kān péi lā
Canberra, capital of Australia
希拉克
xī lā kè
Jacques Chirac (1932-2019), president of France 1995-2007
拉瓦锡
lā wǎ xī
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
撒拉族
sā lā zú
Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
克拉玛依
kè lā mǎ yī
see 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4]
达累斯萨拉姆
dá lèi sī sà lā mǔ
Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)