拉 laai¹ {lā}

(verb) 1. to arrest; 2. to lead (a group of people)

拉 laai¹ {lā}

1. to pull
2. to play (a bowed instrument)
3. to drag
4. to draw
5. to chat

拉巴 laai¹ baa¹ {lā ba}

library

拉柴 laai¹ caai⁴ {lā chái}

(slang) die; pass away

拉扯 laai¹ ce² {lā che}

(verb) Argue with pulling and pushing

拉尺 laai¹ cek³ {lā chǐ}

a measuring tape; a tape measure

拉腸〔-肠〕 laai¹ coeng² {lā cháng}

noun; Steamed Rice Noodles roll

拉人 laai¹ jan⁴ {lā rén}

when police make an arrest

拉纜〔-缆〕 laai¹ laam⁶ {lā lǎn}

tracker (spoken)

拉鍊〔-炼〕 laai¹ lin² {lā liàn}

Zipper

拉臣 laai¹ san² {lā chén}

license (a loanword)

拉線〔-线〕 laai¹ sin³ {lā xiàn}

linking up a relation (spoken)

拉上 laai¹ soeng⁵ {lā shàng}

to pull up; to arrest; to catch; to close

拉蘇〔-苏〕 laai¹ sou⁴ {lā sū}

lysol

拉斷〔-断〕 laai¹ tyun⁵ {lā duàn}

to tear off; to pull off; to snap

拉勻〔-匀〕 laai¹ wan⁴ {lā yún}

to make even, to spread equally

拉住 laai¹ zyu⁶ {lā zhù}

pulling; to hold back

拉圾 {lèsè}

1. variant of 垃圾
2. trash
3. refuse
4. garbage
5. Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]

拉比 laai¹ bei² {lā bǐ}

rabbi (loanword)

拉茶 laai¹ caa⁴ {lā chá}

teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk (GM)

拉扯 laai¹ ce² {lā che}

1. to drag
2. to pull
3. to raise a child (through difficulties)
4. to help
5. to support
6. to drag in
7. to chat

拉長〔-长〕 laai¹ coeng⁴ {lā cháng}

1. to lengthen
2. to pull sth out longer

拉德 laai¹ dak¹ {lā dé}

rad (unit of radiation)

拉登 laai¹ dang¹ {Lā dēng}

(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda

拉頓〔-顿〕 laai¹ deon⁶ {Lā dùn}

Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster

拉丁 laai¹ ding¹ {lā dīng}

1. Latin
2. (in former times) to press-gang
3. to kidnap and force people into service

拉倒 laai¹ dou² {lā dǎo}

1. (coll.) to let it go
2. to drop it

拉夫 laai¹ fu¹ {lā fū}

1. to force into service
2. press-gang

拉風〔-风〕 laai¹ fung¹ {lā fēng}

1. trendy
2. eye-catching
3. flashy

拉架 laai¹ gaa³ {lā jià}

1. to try to stop a fight
2. to intervene in a fight

拉筋 laai¹ gan¹ {lā jīn}

stretching (exercise)

拉緊〔-紧〕 laai¹ gan² {lā jǐn}

1. to pull tight
2. tensioning

拉鋸〔-锯〕 laai¹ geoi³ {lā jù}

1. a two-man saw
2. fig. to-and-fro between two sides

拉杆 laai¹ gon¹ {lā gān}

tension bar

拉岡〔-冈〕 laai¹ gong¹ {Lā gāng}

Lacan (psychoanalyst)

拉高 laai¹ gou¹ {lā gāo}

to pull up

拉管 laai¹ gun² {lā guǎn}

trombone

拉呱 laai¹ gwaa¹ {lā gua}

1. (dialect) to chat
2. to gossip

拉客 laai¹ haak³ {lā kè}

1. to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc)
2. to importune

拉黑 laai¹ hak¹ {lā hēi}

1. to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
2. abbr. for 拉到黑名單

拉稀 laai¹ hei¹ {lā xī}

1. (coll.) to have diarrhea
2. to shrink back
3. to cower

拉開〔-开〕 laai¹ hoi¹ {lā kāi}

1. to pull open
2. to pull apart
3. to space out
4. to increase

拉入 laai¹ jap⁶ {lā rù}

1. to pull into
2. to draw in

拉Ｋ laai¹ kei¹ {lā K}

(slang) to take ketamine

拉拉 laai¹ laai¹ {lā lā}

lesbian (net slang)

拉拉 laai¹ laai¹ {Lā lā}

Lala, Philippines

拉里 laai¹ lei⁵ {lā lǐ}

lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)

拉力 laai¹ lik⁶ {lā lì}

tension

拉鏈〔-链〕 laai¹ lin² {lā liàn}

zipper

拉魯〔-鲁〕 laai¹ lou⁵ {Lā lǔ}

1. Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name
2. Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician
3. Lhalu suburb of Lhasa

拉攏〔-拢〕 laai¹ lung⁵ {lā lǒng}

1. to rope in
2. fig. to involve sb
3. to entice

拉美 laai¹ mei⁵ {Lā Měi}

1. Latin America
2. abbr. for 拉丁美洲

拉麵〔-面〕 laai¹ min⁶ {lā miàn}

1. pulled noodles
2. ramen

拉鉤〔-钩〕 laai¹ ngau¹ {lā gōu}

pinky swear

拉皮 laai¹ pei⁴ {lā pí}

1. to have a facelift
2. facelift

拉平 laai¹ ping⁴ {lā píng}

1. to bring to the same level
2. to even up
3. to flare out
4. to flatten out

拉票 laai¹ piu³ {lā piào}

1. to campaign for votes
2. to ask voters for support

拉薩〔-萨〕 laai¹ saat³ {Lā sà}

Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區

拉伸 laai¹ san¹ {lā shēn}

1. to draw
2. to stretch

拉辛 laai¹ san¹ {Lā xīn}

Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist

拉手 laai¹ sau² {lā shǒu}

1. to hold hands
2. to shake hands

拉手 laai¹ sau² {lā shou}

1. a handle
2. to pull on a handle

拉屎 laai¹ si² {lā shǐ}

1. to defecate
2. to shit
3. to crap

拉鎖〔-锁〕 laai¹ so² {lā suǒ}

zipper

拉傷〔-伤〕 laai¹ soeng¹ {lā shāng}

1. to pull
2. to injure by straining

拉話〔-话〕 laai¹ waa⁶ {lā huà}

(dialect) to chat

拉環〔-环〕 laai¹ waan⁴ {lā huán}

1. ring pull (can)
2. strap handle (on bus or train)
3. circular door handle

拉活 laai¹ wut⁶ {lā huó}

1. (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver)
2. to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)

拉碴 laai¹ zaa¹ {lā chā}

1. (of beard etc) stubbly
2. scraggly
3. unkempt

拉雜〔-杂〕 laai¹ zaap⁶ {lā zá}

1. disorganized
2. rambling
3. incoherent

拉制 laai¹ zai³ {lā zhì}

manufacture

拉孜 laai¹ zi¹ {Lā zī}

Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

拉圾 laap⁶ saap³ {lā jī}

1. variant of 垃圾
2. trash
3. refuse
4. garbage
5. Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]

拉大纜〔--缆〕 laai¹ daai⁶ laam⁶ {lā dà lǎn}

noun; Tug of War Contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope until one drags the other over a central line.

拉客仔 laai¹ haak³ zai² {lā kè zǐ}

to find/ attract customers

拉後腿〔-后-〕 laai¹ hau⁶ teoi² {lā hòu tuǐ}

to hold people back

拉頭纜〔-头缆〕 laai¹ tau⁴ laam⁶ {lā tóu lǎn}

leading the pack; act or speak first

拉頭馬〔-头马〕 laai¹ tau⁴ maa⁵ {lā tóu mǎ}

noun; in horse race, people (or horse owner) with the winning (lead) horse, they will take a photo after the race.

拉巴特 laai¹ baa¹ dak⁶ {Lā bā tè}

Rabat, capital of Morocco

拉巴斯 laai¹ baa¹ si¹ {Lā bā sī}

La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia

拉㞎㞎 laai¹ baa² baa² {lā bǎ ba}

to poo-poo (kiddie talk)

拉包爾〔--尔〕 laai¹ baau¹ ji⁵ {Lā bāo ěr}

Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea

拉齊奧〔-齐奥〕 laai¹ cai⁴ ou³ {Lā qí ào}

Lazio (region in Italy)

拉扯大 laai¹ ce² daai⁶ {lā che dà}

1. (coll.) to bring up
2. to rear
3. to raise

拉青格 laai¹ cing¹ gaak³ {Lā qīng gé}

Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)

拉長臉〔-长脸〕 laai¹ coeng⁴ lim⁵ {lā cháng liǎn}

1. to pull a long face
2. to scowl

拉場子〔-场-〕 laai¹ coeng⁴ zi² {lā chǎng zi}

1. (of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc)
2. (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation
3. to make a name for oneself

拉大便 laai¹ daai⁶ bin⁶ {là dà biàn}

1. to poop
2. to defecate

拉大條〔--条〕 laai¹ daai⁶ tiu⁴ {lā dà tiáo}

to defecate (slang)

拉達克〔-达-〕 laai¹ daat⁶ hak¹ {Lā dá kè}

Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"

拉狄克 laai¹ dik⁶ hak¹ {Lā dí kè}

Karl Bernardovich Radek (1995-1939), bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen university, died in prison during Stalin's purges

拉丁化 laai¹ ding¹ faa³ {Lā dīng huà}

romanization

拉丁語〔--语〕 laai¹ ding¹ jyu⁵ {Lā dīng yǔ}

Latin (language)

拉丁文 laai¹ ding¹ man⁴ {Lā dīng wén}

Latin (language)

拉丁舞 laai¹ ding¹ mou⁵ {Lā dīng wǔ}

Latin dance

拉法格 laai¹ faat³ gaak³ {Lā fǎ gé}

1. Lafargue (name)
2. Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx

拉法赫 laai¹ faat³ haak¹ {Lā fǎ hè}

Rafah, city in Palestine

拉法蘭〔--兰〕 laai¹ faat³ laan⁴ {Lā fǎ lán}

Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac

拉菲草 laai¹ fei¹ cou² {lā fēi cǎo}

raffia (loanword)

拉斐特 laai¹ fei² dak⁶ {Lā fěi tè}

Lafayette

拉斐爾〔--尔〕 laai¹ fei² ji⁵ {Lā fěi ěr}

Raphael

拉夫堡 laai¹ fu¹ bou² {Lā fū bǎo}

Loughborough, English city

拉奎拉 laai¹ fui¹ laai¹ {Lā kuí lā}

L'Aquila, Italy

拉家常 laai¹ gaa¹ soeng⁴ {lā jiā cháng}

to talk or chat about ordinary daily life

拉格比 laai¹ gaak³ bei² {Lā gé bǐ}

1. Rugby (game)
2. Rugby school in England

拉交情 laai¹ gaau¹ cing⁴ {lā jiāo qing}

1. to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit
2. to suck up to sb

拉鋸戰〔-锯战〕 laai¹ geoi³ zin³ {lā jù zhàn}

1. to-and-fro tussle
2. closely-fought contest

拉個手〔-个-〕 laai¹ go³ sau² {lā ge shǒu}

to hold hands

拉蓋爾〔-盖尔〕 laai¹ goi³ ji⁵ {Lā gài ěr}

1. Laguerre (name)
2. Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician

拉各斯 laai¹ gok³ si¹ {Lā gè sī}

Lagos (Nigerian city)

拉關係〔-关系〕 laai¹ gwaan¹ hai⁶ {lā guān xì}

1. to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit
2. to suck up to sb

拉合爾〔--尔〕 laai¹ hap⁶ ji⁵ {Lā hé ěr}

Lahore (city in Pakistan)

拉爾夫〔-尔-〕 laai¹ ji⁵ fu¹ {Lā ěr fū}

Ralph (name)

拉拉隊〔--队〕 laai¹ laai¹ deoi² {lā lā duì}

1. support team
2. cheering squad
3. cheerleader
4. also written 啦啦隊

拉力賽〔--赛〕 laai¹ lik⁶ coi³ {lā lì sài}

rally (car race) (loanword)

拉文納〔--纳〕 laai¹ man⁴ naap⁶ {Lā wén nà}

Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy

拉莫斯 laai¹ mok⁶ si¹ {Lā mò sī}

(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos

拉那烈 laai¹ naa⁵ lit⁶ {Lā nà liè}

Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia

拉納卡〔-纳-〕 laai¹ naap⁶ kaa¹ {Lā nà kǎ}

1. Larnaca (city in Cyprus)
2. Larnaka

拉尼婭〔--娅〕 laai¹ nei⁴ aa³ {lā ní yà}

Rania (name)

拉尼娜 laai¹ nei⁴ naa⁴ {Lā Ní nà}

La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾

拉瓦爾〔--尔〕 laai¹ ngaa⁵ ji⁵ {Lā wǎ ěr}

Laval (name)

拉瓦錫〔--锡〕 laai¹ ngaa⁵ sek³ {Lā wǎ xī}

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry

拉勾兒〔--儿〕 laai¹ ngau¹ ji⁴ {lā gòu r}

to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise

拉帕斯 laai¹ paak³ si¹ {Lā pà sī}

La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯

拉皮條〔--条〕 laai¹ pei⁴ tiu² {lā pí tiáo}

1. to procure
2. to act as pimp

拉普蘭〔--兰〕 laai¹ pou² laan⁴ {Lā pǔ lán}

Lapland (northern Europe)

拉山頭〔--头〕 laai¹ saan¹ tau⁴ {lā shān tóu}

1. to start a clique
2. to form a faction

拉生意 laai¹ saang¹ ji³ {lā shēng yì}

1. to tout
2. to solicit customers

拉撒路 laai¹ saat³ lou⁶ {Lā sǎ lù}

Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)

拉薩市〔-萨-〕 laai¹ saat³ si⁵ {Lā sà Shì}

Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區

拉絲模〔-丝-〕 laai¹ si¹ mou⁴ {lā sī mó}

die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)

拉肚子 laai¹ tou⁵ zi² {lā dù zi}

(coll.) to have diarrhea

拉祜族 laai¹ wu² zuk⁶ {Lā hù zú}

Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan

拉匝祿〔--禄〕 laai¹ zaap³ luk⁶ {Lā zā lù}

Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)

拉孜縣〔--县〕 laai¹ zi¹ jyun⁶ {Lā zī xiàn}

Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

拉埋天窗 laai¹ maai⁴ tin¹ coeng¹ {lā mái tiān chuāng}

(slang) to get married

拉牛上樹〔---树〕 laai¹ ngau⁴ soeng⁵ syu⁶ {lā niú shàng shù}

to try and do something that is almost impossible to achieve

拉上補下〔--补-〕 laai¹ soeng⁵ bou² haa⁶ {lā shàng bǔ xià}

to make up for deficits by taking away from surplus

拉布拉多 laai¹ bou³ laai¹ do¹ {Lā bù lā duō}

1. Labrador, Canada
2. Labrador (a breed of dog)

拉卜楞寺 laai¹ buk¹ ling⁴ zi⁶ {Lā bǔ lèng sì}

Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

拉丁方塊〔---块〕 laai¹ ding¹ fong¹ faai³ {Lā dīng fāng kuài}

Latin square (math. puzzle)

拉丁文字 laai¹ ding¹ man⁴ zi⁶ {Lā dīng wén zì}

1. the alphabet
2. latin letters

拉丁美洲 laai¹ ding¹ mei⁵ zau¹ {Lā dīng Měi zhōu}

Latin America

拉丁字母 laai¹ ding¹ zi⁶ mou⁵ {Lā dīng zì mǔ}

Latin alphabet

拉夫羅夫〔--罗-〕 laai¹ fu¹ lo⁴ fu¹ {Lā fū luó fū}

1. Lavrov (name)
2. Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004

拉家帶口〔--带-〕 laai¹ gaa¹ daai³ hau² {lā jiā dài kǒu}

1. to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
2. tied down by family obligations

拉格朗日 laai¹ gaak³ long⁵ jat⁶ {Lā gé lǎng rì}

1. Lagrange (name)
2. Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist

拉克替醇 laai¹ hak¹ tai³ seon⁴ {lā kè tì chún}

lactitol, a sugar alcohol

拉開架勢〔-开-势〕 laai¹ hoi¹ gaa³ sai³ {lā kāi jià shi}

1. to assume a fighting stance
2. (fig.) to take the offensive

拉開序幕〔-开--〕 laai¹ hoi¹ zeoi⁶ mok⁶ {lā kāi xù mù}

1. (fig.) to raise the curtain
2. to lift the curtain
3. to be a curtain raiser for

拉爾維克〔-尔维-〕 laai¹ ji⁵ wai⁴ hak¹ {Lā ěr wéi kè}

Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)

拉拉扯扯 laai¹ laai¹ ce² ce² {lā lā chě chě}

1. to tug at
2. to pull at sb aggressively
3. to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way
4. (derog.) to hobnob
5. to consort

拉馬特甘〔-马--〕 laai¹ maa⁵ dak⁶ gam¹ {Lā mǎ tè Gān}

Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University

拉米夫定 laai¹ mai⁵ fu¹ ding⁶ {Lā mǐ fū dìng}

1. Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS
2. brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV

拉文克勞〔---劳〕 laai¹ man⁴ hak¹ lou⁴ {Lā wén kè láo}

Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)

拉美西斯 laai¹ mei⁵ sai¹ si¹ {Lā měi xī sī}

Rameses (name of pharaoh)

拉姆安拉 laai¹ mou⁵ on¹ laai¹ {Lā mǔ ān lā}

Ramallah

拉普拉斯 laai¹ pou² laai¹ si¹ {Lā pǔ lā sī}

Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician

拉沙病毒 laai¹ saa¹ beng⁶ duk⁶ {lā shā bìng dú}

Lassa virus

拉薩條約〔-萨条约〕 laai¹ saat³ tiu⁴ joek³ {Lā sà Tiáo yuē}

Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet

拉伸強度〔--强-〕 laai¹ san¹ koeng⁴ dou⁶ {lā shēn qiáng dù}

tensile strength

拉斯穆森 laai¹ si¹ muk⁶ sam¹ {Lā sī mù sēn}

Rasmussen (name)

拉脫維亞〔-脱维亚〕 laai¹ tyut³ wai⁴ aa³ {Lā tuō wéi yà}

Latvia

拉科魯尼亞〔--鲁-亚〕 laai¹ fo¹ lou⁵ nei⁴ aa³ {Lā Kē lǔ ní yà}

La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)

拉夫堡大學〔----学〕 laai¹ fu¹ bou² daai⁶ hok⁶ {Lā fū bǎo Dà xué}

Loughborough University

拉夫桑賈尼〔---贾-〕 laai¹ fu¹ song¹ gaa² nei⁴ {Lā fū sāng jiǎ ní}

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

拉賈斯坦邦〔-贾---〕 laai¹ gaa² si¹ taan² bong¹ {Lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāng}

Rajasthan (state in India)

拉什卡爾加〔---尔-〕 laai¹ sap⁶ kaa¹ ji⁵ gaa¹ {Lā shí kǎ ěr Jiā}

Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

拉什莫爾山〔---尔-〕 laai¹ sap⁶ mok⁶ ji⁵ saan¹ {Lā shí mò ěr Shān}

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

拉斯維加斯〔--维--〕 laai¹ si¹ wai⁴ gaa¹ si¹ {Lā sī Wéi jiā sī}

Las Vegas, Nevada

拉大旗作虎皮 laai¹ daai⁶ kei⁴ zok³ fu² pei⁴ {lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí}

1. lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2. fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3. to take the name of a great cause as a shield

拉赫曼尼諾夫〔----诺-〕 laai¹ haak¹ maan⁶ nei⁴ nok⁶ fu¹ {Lā hè màn ní nuò fū}

1. Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name)
2. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist

拉姆斯菲爾德〔----尔-〕 laai¹ mou⁵ si¹ fei¹ ji⁵ dak¹ {Lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé}

Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense

拉斯帕爾馬斯〔---尔马-〕 laai¹ si¹ paak³ ji⁵ maa⁵ si¹ {Lā sī pà ěr mǎ sī}

Las Palmas, Spain

拉茲莫夫斯基〔-兹----〕 laai¹ zi¹ mok⁶ fu¹ si¹ gei¹ {Lā zī mò fū sī jī}

1. Razumovsky (name)
2. Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat

拉魯濕地國家自然保護區〔-鲁湿-国----护区〕 laai¹ lou⁵ sap¹ dei⁶ gwok³ gaa¹ zi⁶ jin⁴ bou² wu⁶ keoi¹ {Lā lǔ shī dì guó jiā zì rán bǎo hù qū}

Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa