拉 ( laai1 laa1 lap6 | la1 ba2 la3) : pull; drag; lengthen; elongate

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拉

laai1 laa1 lap6

la1 ba2 la3

[1] [v] pull; drag; seize; draw; hold [2] [v] discharge (especially stool, urine, etc.) [3] [v] lengthen; elongate [4] [v] play

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

拉

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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拉臣 laai1 san4*2 = a license (loanword)

拉記 laai1 gei3 = library

拉美 laai1 mei5 la1 mei3 = Latin America

沙拉 saa1 laai1 sha1 la1 = salad 國

拉丁 laai1 ding1 la1 ding1 = Latin

手拉車 sau2 laai1 ce1 shou2 la1 che1 = cart

馬拉松 maa5 laai1 cung4 = the marathon

伊拉克 ji1 laai1 hak1 yi1 la1 ke4 = Iraq

半拉 bun3 laai1 ban4 la1 = half 國

拖拉機 to1 laai1 gei1 tuo1 la1 ji1 = tractor
See all 189 compounds (CantoDict reports 201 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佢俾警察拉咗去。粵
He was arrested by the police.

點解佢哋會畀人拉呀？粵
Why would they be arrested?
[Lit. why they would by-person arrest [particle]]

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 拉
Unicode code for this character: U+62c9 (off-site link)

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